Posted by Stoneybalogna on December 8, 2000 at 10:55:48:
In Reply to: Furthermore... posted by The Arcane(VIP) on December 8, 2000 at 06:45:56:
> ...if my memory (based on experience) serves me correctly, failure rates are not a linear function. 75% in a spell doesn't mean you'll succeed 75% of the time. If it does, then either CF's random number generator is broken, CF's random number generator is sentient and enjoys toying with me, or I should buy lottery tickets more often. I can't think of how many times I've failed to cast detect invis upwards of ten times in a row when I had it at 75%.
> The odds of that happening are something along the lines of .0015%, or 15 times out of every million.
> At 99%, however, the failure rate seemed closer to 1%. And at 100% of course failure rate is 0.
> Someone who knows the code can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here.