Very Basic Question - dN-1

[Bill Racicot]

If you are instructed to roll a d6-1, or a d4-1, etc, is the intention that you COULD get a 0?

I suspect the answer is yes, but just in case...

Thanks!

[Theryon Stormrune]

Bill Racicot wrote:

If you are instructed to roll a d6-1, or a d4-1, etc, is the intention that you COULD get a 0?

I suspect the answer is yes, but just in case...

Thanks!

Yes, you can end up with a result of 0.

[Andrew L Klein]

Your total roll can never go below 0, but can reach 0. Keep in mind, individual dice can still go below zero ("Roll 4d4 and subtract 2 from each die rolled), but the total combined will never go negative.

[Imbicatus]

Although, if you are rolling damage, a roll of 0 is still one point of nonlethal damage.

Nevermind, I thought I was in the RPG forum instead of the card game. Sorry.

[Bill Racicot]

Andrew L Klein wrote:

Your total roll can never go below 0, but can reach 0. Keep in mind, individual dice can still go below zero ("Roll 4d4 and subtract 2 from each die rolled), but the total combined will never go negative.

Thanks! I think this point about the ability of individual dice to go below zero is the issue I was trying to clarify. In effect, you tally up all the +s and -s in one column, then total the faces of the dice in a second column, then add the two columns together, considering any negative final result to be zero.

This makes, for example, a d6-2 SUBSTANTIALLY inferior to a d4, because the -2 counts, even if you roll a 1 on the d6. One third of the time, rolling that d6-2 doesn't help you, and 1/6 of the time it actually hurts you.

Thanks!