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Any Excel users know of a formula to generate a list of dN numbers? (lemmy.world)

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To save time running a game I thought it might be handy to have a pre-generated list of die rolls to use during encounters. A spreadsheet like Excel seems to be an ideal place to do this, but my knowledge of this type of app is sorely lacking in just how to do this.

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[–] Riven 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you put the die type along the top row (just the numbers, no d) and this in A2 it should do what you want.

=RANDBETWEEN(1,A$1)

You can copy the cell without editing the formula and fill as much of the sheet as you want. Press F9 to reroll.

If you prefer a percentile die with zero, you can change it to

=RANDBETWEEN(0,9)*10

Or just combine the 2 dice as a single d100

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh that works even better since there's no "21" showing up! Thank you.

Does PF2E even use percentile dice? LOL

[–] Riven 1 points 1 year ago

Does PF2E even use percentile dice?

…huh. I guess not. Somehow I never noticed that before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is basically what I do as well.

One thing I find useful is to list your party's Perception modifiers, use the formula above for a random d20 result for each PC, then add them together (for example, =B2+C2). Then when they walk into a room, hit F9 for an instant whole-party secret Perception roll.