Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[Chris Bump]

The odds are 1 in 36. So a little less than 3% likelihood. Where the initial
mistake was made was the author assumed that the 3 units shooting each had to
roll an up 3. 3 consecutive up 3's is in fact a 1 in 46,656 chance. Of course
since all shooters at a singe target are combined into a single roll the odds of
rolling up 3 is 1 in 36.
Chris
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From: eforbes100@...
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Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [WarriorRules] re: Hoplites



up 3 is the same odds as "boxcars" (two sixes on d6's) and is much better than
stated at about 5% ( a little less than 1 in 20).


> The odds of rolling up 3 are 1 in 46,656.
Unlikely, but it can happen.





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[Mike Bard]

My brain screwed up. You do only roll one die for each shooting TARGET. My
bad, not anybody else's. Sorry.

Michael Bard
That Embarassed Greek Hoplite Guy


> Bow vs. MI has factor of 2. 6 figures count as shooting against single
> hoplite block. To do 72 with 18 figures there must be a factor of 5, or
> each unit must roll up 3. The odds of rolling up 3 are 1 in 46,656.
> Unlikely, but it can happen.
>
> Hello,
> Could you please explain why each unit needs to throw up 3 as P66 says
that
> the random factor is only thrown once for each target body (8.91 lines 4 &
5).
> Thanks, Steve