I apologize for the cross forum post here, but I wanted as many GMs as possible to see this.
Be aware that I just edited one of my posts with a significant number of dice rolls in it to add a new dice roll and when I submitted the edit ALL of the dice rolls in the post changed.
In other words your players can:
1) use the [ dice ] tag to submit an attack and damage roll.
2) Submit the post and see what the attack/damage roll looks like.
3) If they don't like it edit the post (at minimum) to add a useless perception or other skill check.
4) look at their NEW roll to see if they like it or not.
5) Repeat steps 2 - 4 until they get the roll they're looking for.
I haven't tested this to see if this only happens with new rolls added or if this happens any time the post changes...and it may very well get fixed quickly or be just my imagination (though I tested it two times).
Still, something for GMs to take note of.
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Actually if you edit a post then you are only partly right.
Say you have the following
D100 - 76
D200 - 86
D100 - 17
D100 - not yet rolled (58)
If you insert a d50 at the start you will get:
D50 - 38
D100 - 43
D200 - 34
D100 - 58
Editing isn't altering the sequence of rolls. At least it wasn't doing that the last time I checked this in detail. Off course - changing dice type will look like a change.
Roll 1 would be
D6 - 5
D10 - 7
D20 - 15
Yes - inserting a useless roll for low rolls is a possibility to cheat. But it isn't easy to change the overall sequence of rolls. There are alternate options - but they are better not discussed here. Give someone the option to cheat and he will.
For more information it might be best to discuss off-line. You can find my e-mail is in my profile but it might take until tomorrow to answer. Nearly midnight already.
Nope, I figured out how it's working. This is expected behavior it seems and the method above actually does NOT change the die rolls.
Thanks for tolerating my idiocy here. The sky really isn't falling. ;)
--Illydth
BTW If a mod wishes to delete this entire thread, feel free to do so, no problem by me.
--Illydth
Please don't cross-post. It leads to fractured discussions and redundant threads. This one is locked.