seanh1986
Joined: Jul 16, 2005
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May 06, 2015 - 19:44 |
 
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| Rat_Salat wrote: | Pretty sure I would have taken tentacles.
But then again, I'm an elf coach so I may have a higher opinion of tentacles than most. |
Honestly, I find tentacles not nearly all that effective with strength 5. Don't get me wrong, it can be HUGE sometimes, but a 3 strength player needs an 8+ (42%) to escape it... Yes, that does mean 58% of the time you don't let them escape but they do escape nearly half the time. If you get +Str (or are vs a 2 str player) it is far more effective needing a 9+ (28%) escape.
I still think tentacles is a very worthwhile skill to take, but it seems to always fail me when I need it to work  .
I think it was more effective in LRB4, where it was each coach rolls 1d6 + their strength and you needed to tie or roll higher to escape. That meant with 3 str (vs 5 str) you needed to roll 2 higher than the tentacle player giving a probability of escape of ~28%.
Note:
If Tent rolls 1, need 3+ (67%)
If Tent rolls 2, need 4+ (50%)
If Tent rolls 3, need 5+ (33%)
If Tent rolls 4, need 6 (17%)
Never successful if Tent rolls 5 or 6... Leading to an overall probability of escape of ~28%
So, CRP did greatly reduce the effectiveness of tentacles, basically giving the escaping player +1 Str as compared to LRB4 (in terms of probability). |
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