Dice Rolls Changing: I didn't think this happened anymore!


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So, I was posting in a PbP, and crafted my post based off of dice rolls the random generator made for me (quoted in its entirety for posterity), but by the time I finished, someone else had posted, and my dice had radically altered.

I didn't think that happened anymore! I thought that, once previewed, they stayed semi-locked.

Was I just really wrong? Did something else happen to change my rolls by 8 7* and by 9, respectively? 'Cause... that's... harsh. And a lot of work lost, if so.

By the way: I'm not complaining about the actual folk who run and maintain this site, or even your code! I just need to know how obsessively I need to hit "Preview" in order to know what my posts are.

Quote:

Ashley is shockingly pale.

"Ah... I-" Ashley attempts, before falling into a coughing fit.

After a few moments, his breathing stabilizes. He nods graciously at Phillip's and Sali's assistance, though barely able to control himself.

"Er... my... my apologies. It... seems..." he looks strained, "... Mother's... "blessings"..." he coughs some more, "... are... acting up again." He takes time to regather what strength he has - even that little seemed to wind him. "Be... better... few... minutes..." he manages to finish, softly.

Bluff: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 Secret Message to Bahram. DC 15 Success.
Bluff: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 Hm...

Secret Message:
"Drop whatever you're up to, so we can deal with it privately later. I'm doing this for you."

Sense Motive DC 10:
Ashley seems to be entirely "genuine" in his feinting. Nudge-nudge, wink-wink.

Bahram Sense Motive DC 10:
Totally faking it to take the heat off you, man.

Sense Motive DC 15:
Ashley seems to be entirely "genuine" in his feinting. No, really.

Bahram Sense Motive DC 15:
He seems to be doing this to distract the others from whatever it is you're hiding.

Sense Motive DC 20:
Ashley seems to be entirely "genuine" in his feinting.

Bahram Sense Motive DC 20:
While real, he's probably playing it up for your sake, hoping to distract others so the two of you - and Chef Sali - can handle things in private.

Sense Motive DC 24:
Ashley is entirely genuine in his feinting. He's to Barhnam, he's passing it off as if it were an intentional "distraction" to help smooth over that situation to attend to later, and probably is using it as such.

Yes, I just copy/pasted this four times with small edits in between.

Bahram Sense Motive DC 24:
Actually, he couldn't fake this well if he tried. The guy really can't breathe at present. He's still very distracting, though, and playing it up for your sake.

EDIT: Woooooaaaah. My dice rolls really changed between "Preview" and "Submit Post", but Phillip posted while I was following up on the rolled part. Hm... wondering if I should change the above DCs and results above? GM?

* Hey, everyone, I can simple Math! ... sometimes... >.>


For the record: GM approved of keeping the post, but I'd still like some sort of guidelines about how 'vigilant' I need to be in the future.

I thought I've been ninja'd a couple of times after Preview with the dice rolls remaining the same, recently, so that's why I was confused when this occurred.

As always, any time you guys have to investigate is... well, it's appreciated. Even if you don't, that's appreciated, because I know how busy you must be. Thanks!


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test roll: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Preview 1 13 Stayed same after new preview

Edit: that one stayed good just had to see if it moved for me.


Hm. Thanks!

I really don't know what went awry.

If I hadn't built a really big post out of it (with multiple options), it wouldn't have been a big deal.

(Also, I have a baby who was screaming at the time - a combination of gas and hunger, it seems - and a three-year-old who kept trying to sneak into the bathroom from his nap time to play with the sink, so that was an added source of "BLAH?!" to the whole thing.)

EDIT (actual point): So it looks like it was something else? I wonder why that would happen?

Grand Lodge

Is it possible you copy-pasted your text, refreshing before pasting, in order to check to see if someone else had posted something?

I've done that a few times, and with dice rolls I've noticed it can change what the results are.

Grand Lodge

Testing: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Got 5+7 for twelve, copying, refreshing page, and pasting before submitting...

EDIT: And I get the same result... So that doesn't seem to be the issue after all...


I once saw a dice roll change when I edited the post to change the modifier, since then it has never happened again.


Hm... I'm pretty sure I didn't change the modifier (I remembered my results, as that's what the DCs functioned off of, but I had to work out my original rolls).

But let's test that one, to avoid ruling it out for sure.

Test: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Initial Modifier: +4; Preview: initial result "Test: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16"

EDIT: fixed the "ooc" tag, clarified a point; the changed modifier doesn't seem to change the roll. Yeah, I've no idea what happened.

Grand Lodge

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There's only one possible explanation for this... Gremlins.

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