Fleet Control System - Back on track (Was: Re: What the hell isthis?) [long]

> Sean Bayan Schoonmaker wrote:

> ...erm - I meant a range of results, not distance. (one beam die has a

?? Only if you use a modified re-roll rule, no? If you don't have any
re-roll at all, the range is 0 to 2; if you use the FB re-roll, the
range is unlimited (but the probability of rolling very high is rather
minimal).

Later,

> ?? Only if you use a modified re-roll rule, no? If you don't have any

Actually, if you're using the re-roll rule, you only get one re-roll, so
it's not "never ending." The first 6 gives a re-reoll, but a second 6
does not.

> Sean Bayan Schoonmaker wrote:

Excuse me? I quote from page 5, first column, paragraph 8.

"Simply, when firing any weapon system that is capable of penetrating damage
(as specified for each type of system), any roll of SIX inflicts
the usual damage AND allows a "reroll" - roll an extra die, and apply
any further damage that is indicated by the result. If this reroll is ALSO a
six, then apply the damage and roll again. There is no limit to the number of
rerolls you can make if you keep throwing sixes."

Caps and parens as per the original.

> Excuse me? I quote from page 5, first column, paragraph 8.

[snip]

I'll just be sitting here eating my crow... You're correct.