I'm trying to stat a creature with the improved stench feat (from Demons Revisited). It's a ghast so its stench aura is normally 10 feet and duration of 1d6+4 minutes.
How can I figure out what the roll needs to be for 1d6+4 minutes with an added +50%?
How do I express it on the monster stat block?
Thank you for looking and for any assistance.
1.5(1d6+4)
How is that usually noted in a stat block? I've never seen multiplication used to express a value in a stat block.
Roll 1d6+4 and get a result
Then multiply result by 1.5
so if you roll and get 8 minutes, then 8 x 1.5 = 12 minutes
It's usually written as an ability below the rest of the stat block and isn't represented within the stat block itself unless the author has some way to do it without referring to mathematical notation.
Because 20+1×0-8÷2^2 is still confusing to some people.
It's usually written as an ability below the rest of the stat block and isn't represented within the stat block itself unless the author has some way to do it without referring to mathematical notation.
Because 20+1×0-8÷2^2 is still confusing to some people.
It wouldn't be expressed in the monster stats at all then?
I have no idea how you made the math symbols so fast. I copied and pasted yours.
I'm on my phone. I can switch between text and symbols with ease. Things like I described, scientific notation and mathematical notation, aren't readily translated. By the way, 20+1×0-8÷2^2 is 16.
Parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, add/subtract.
Please excuse my dear aunt Sally.
I just stopped everything I was doing to solve it mentally. Shouldn't it be 18 though?
20 + (1x0) - (8/2^2)
Should give you:
20 + (0) - (8/4)
I think.
Also, if you're statting a creature for personal use, you can format it however is readable to you. If you're statting it for someone else, ask them how they want it.
1d6(1)+4 empowered: 7
1d6(2)+4 empowered: 9
1d6(3)+4 empowered: 10
1d6(4)+4 empowered: 12
1d6(5)+4 empowered: 13
1d6(6)+4 empowered: 15
Yes, it's 18.
20+1×0-8÷2^2
20+1×0-8÷4
20+0-2
18
That does prove the point though; if you're statting for others to go by, minimizing the math is probably for the best. If it's for your own use, though, use all the convoluted terms you wish as long as you can interpret it.
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I'm trying to stat a creature with the improved stench feat (from Demons Revisited). It's a ghast so its stench aura is normally 10 feet and duration of 1d6+4 minutes.
How can I figure out what the roll needs to be for 1d6+4 minutes with an added +50%?
How do I express it on the monster stat block?
Thank you for looking and for any assistance.
I would use the same rule used for Empowered spells: roll 1d6, add +4, then multiply the result for 1,5.
I just stopped everything I was doing to solve it mentally. Shouldn't it be 18 though?
20 + (1x0) - (8/2^2)
Should give you:
20 + (0) - (8/4)
I think.
Yep also got 18 when I did it.
Aye. I'm a goof. Going back over it when I replied I mistook the ÷ for - (even though I wrote it).