Timeline for Are these two methods of handling Elven Accuracy "Double Advantage" mathematically equivalent?
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| Mar 2, 2021 at 15:56 | comment | added | Michael Richardson | More specifically, my primary error of understanding the comparison, is that the OP's method is "roll 3, pick the highest 1", which does have the same results as "roll 2, reroll lowest, pick the highest 1". | |
| Mar 1, 2021 at 23:04 | comment | added | Xirema | The mistake here is that, if the roller is allowed to choose which die they reroll (which they are, per the rules of the feat), they have the option of always choosing to reroll the lower die. This means that the die in question would never have been used in the first place, and will only be used if it ends up being higher than both its original roll, and the other die that was rolled. So "roll 3 take the highest" and "roll 2, reroll the lowest and then take the highest" end up being equivalent. | |
| Mar 1, 2021 at 23:03 | comment | added | Michael Richardson | For some reason, I was stuck on the result needing two values. The result is actually just roll 3 take the highest, as opposed to roll 2, reroll the lowest, then take the highest. So, yeah, when going for the highest result, the OPs method will have the same result. | |
| Mar 1, 2021 at 20:52 | history | answered | Michael Richardson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |