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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The math checks out, but the problem is the danger of rolling a nat 20 on your practice roll. The odds of getting two nat 20s in a row are almost as low as the odds of getting two nat 1s, so you may be screwing yourself out of a crit

[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jesse, that's not how probability fucking works.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Gosh it's almost like I was joking by coming to a correct conclusion through faulty reasoning

I mean I could have just been a complete dweeb and explain that the outcome of the second roll is unaffected by the outcome of the first, and you are just as likely to roll two ones in a row as you are to roll any two numbers, but then I'd have to find a locker to shove myself in