Monofilament Whip question Options

[Jyster]

Can you make a Monofilament Whip weapon focus?

[Laodicea]

Yes.

[Emy]

Very yes.

[Wasabi]

Yes, even an implanted one.

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[Lansdren]

Yes, even an implanted one.

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Although I believe it has to be enchanted before implantation.

[Yerameyahu]

You shouldn't, though. It's lame.

[Stahlseele]

No, it's qute badass.

[Yerameyahu]

Not even a little bit badass.

[Stahlseele]

whipping it out and striking a spirit or so in half with your outstretched finger is VERY MUCH badass . .

[Laodicea]

just to weigh in on the badass vs. not badass argument here:
The whip doesn't have the same romance as a sword, but it is pretty damn badass. Particularly in terms of concealability, and in game terms of a low str character like a petite girl being able to rend a man in half.

[TheOOB]

The monofilament whip has good stats and is a viable melee options for low-strength characters, and it can be enchanted. There is nothing not to like.

[Lansdren]

The monofilament whip has good stats and is a viable melee options for low-strength characters, and it can be enchanted. There is nothing not to like.

A critical glitch

[Emy]

A critical glitch

If you plan on using a lot of either monowhips or explosives, I highly recommend the Guard power.

[Stahlseele]

That's one nice thing about weapon-focus . . you get more dice for using it, so the probabilty of a critical glitch goes down accordingly . .

[Laodicea]

That's one nice thing about weapon-focus . . you get more dice for using it, so the probabilty of a critical glitch goes down accordingly . .

I've been wondering about this, actually. I'm not sure the answer is entirely intuitive.
It seems intuitive that you are at much less risk throwing 4 dice than 2 dice. With only 2 dice you need only one 1. Throwing 4 dice you need two 1s, but you have also increased your chances of getting 1s. Your need for 1s always remains at half your dice pool. Although you are increasing your chances to get a 1 with each dice thrown, there is still simply a 1/6 chance, independantly, for each die. It's not like you now have a 2/6 chance simply because you doubled your dice pool.

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/confused

[Belvidere]

I've been wondering about this, actually. I'm not sure the answer is entirely intuitive.
It seems intuitive that you are at much less risk throwing 4 dice than 2 dice. With only 2 dice you need only one 1. Throwing 4 dice you need two 1s, but you have also increased your chances of getting 1s. Your need for 1s always remains at half your dice pool. Although you are increasing your chances to get a 1 with each dice thrown, there is still simply a 1/6 chance, independantly, for each die. It's not like you now have a 2/6 chance simply because you doubled your dice pool.

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/confused

This is probably true. But as almost all gamers will agree. The higher your modifier/dice pool the better off you are. I believe it has something to do with gamer paranoia. Just like almost all Shadowrun players I've met must have their dice sitting on 6's when they aren't in use. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[AStarshipforAnts]

I've been wondering about this, actually. I'm not sure the answer is entirely intuitive.
It seems intuitive that you are at much less risk throwing 4 dice than 2 dice. With only 2 dice you need only one 1. Throwing 4 dice you need two 1s, but you have also increased your chances of getting 1s. Your need for 1s always remains at half your dice pool. Although you are increasing your chances to get a 1 with each dice thrown, there is still simply a 1/6 chance, independantly, for each die. It's not like you now have a 2/6 chance simply because you doubled your dice pool.

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/confused

That's not the way probability works. To get two ones you have to have the event probability of 1/6 combined with an independent event with probability of 1/6. 1/6 times, the first die will come up 1. But, 1/6 of those times, the second die comes up 1. That ends up being a combined probability of 1/36.

[Draco18s]

That's not the way probability works. To get two ones you have to have the event probability of 1/6 combined with an independent event with probability of 1/6. 1/6 times, the first die will come up 1. But, 1/6 of those times, the second die comes up 1. That ends up being a combined probability of 1/36.

Welcome to statistics. After taking this course you'll understand why you've never gotten a full house or royal flush in poker and why you keep losing money in the slots.

Also:
Having an even sized dice pool is more glitch prone than the odd sized dice pool smaller than it.

(Reason: Same number of 1s needed, 1 extra die to help make it happen).

[AStarshipforAnts]

Welcome to statistics. After taking this course you'll understand why you've never gotten a full house or royal flush in poker and why you keep losing money in the slots.

Gambling: A tax on people who can't do math.

[Draco18s]

Gambling: A tax on people who can't do math.

Hehe, indeed.

[AStarshipforAnts]

Having an even sized dice pool is more glitch prone than the odd sized dice pool smaller than it.

(Reason: Same number of 1s needed, 1 extra die to help make it happen).

So what you're saying is that I can tweek the game not by munchkining my character, but by munchkining math. Oh happy day!

[Stahlseele]

And it took you how long to figure this out? ^^

[AStarshipforAnts]

Maybe.

[Draco18s]

So what you're saying is that I can tweek the game not by munchkining my character, but by munchkining math. Oh happy day!

Notably though, your odds of getting more successes go up more than your odds of a glitch. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Karoline]

A critical glitch

How many times have you gotten a critical glitch period? In something that your character is actually good at? That you didn't then negate by spending edge?

It's funny how everyone is always so quick to bring up the 'critical glitch damages you' but forget that critical glitches almost never happen, and when they do, they can be canceled, and when they can't, you still have armor and body, so it sucks but isn't instantly deadly.