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Look, you can't complain about this after giving us so many scenarios involving N locked chests and M unlabeled keys.

https://explainxkcd.com/3015/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You have less arrows to pull from on subsequent rolls. You can't keep using a D10.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That’s why you reroll on already taken numbers. Or drop down a die size every two arrows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Now someone has to do the math on how many rolls on average it will take to resolve the action given the chance of rerolls.