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Old 09-04-2008, 10:07 AM   #820
littlemanpoet
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littlemanpoet is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.littlemanpoet is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
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Originally Posted by Folwren View Post
if I take four dice (one for Saeryn, one for Rowenna, one for Eowine, and one for Leof) and I roll each one five or six times and then add up the numbers and whoever has the greatest sum will win, and the next come in second and so forth - will that be good enough if we're basing this on chance?
Here's a suggestion: for every 50 feet of the race, roll 6 dice. If a 1 comes up for that character and horse, they have gone 51 ft. a 2, 52 ft. and so on. That gives a fairly close race. How long is the course, by the way? It had better not be a mere 1/4 mile, which makes me wonder if it could really fit inside Scarburg?

I'll go read Saeryn's reaction now....
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