Qin: The Warring State's Yin-Yang Dice

[sjard]

Any idea how I'd go about setting up a dice mechanic like this?

For those unfamiliar, Qin: The Warring States by Cubicle 7, a bronze age Chinese heroic age wuxia type game uses a resolution system they call Yin-Yang dice. This is a 2d10 roll (ostensibly with a one white die and one black die) where you subtract the lower die roll from the higher, giving a result of 0 to 9 (0s on the dice are counted as zero).

I've done some fiddling, but can't seem to set this up on my own.

Thanks for any help.

[Valarian]

/die 1d10-1d10

[sjard]

/die 1d10-1d10

Tried that, it doesn't work, that's why I asked the question. As I mentioned you have to subtract the low result from the high result. I forgot to mention that you want this while keeping each die color separate. /die 1d10-1d10 only subtracts one from the other, resulting in anything from -10 to +10 rather than 0-9.

So for example, during play you'd roll the dice and end up with White (Ying)5 and Black (Yang)2, resulting in a 2-5 = 3 with a Ying (white) trend.

[Valarian]

-9 to 0 would be the Yang range, 0 to 9 would be the Yin range. The die mechanic still works with the basic die roll. Without this, you'd need to code up a die handler - which isn't a simple thing to do.

In your example you'd get a roll of: d10(5) -d10 (2) Result 3 [interpret as a Yin roll]
If the other way around, you'd get: d10(2) -d10 (5) Result -3 [interpret as a Yang roll]

[sjard]

Okay. So I guess I get to learn how to create a die handler. Fun.

[Valarian]

As I said, the 1d10-1d10 mechanic does work for the game. Just interpret the -9 to 0 range as a Yang result, and the 0 to 9 range as a Yin result. There's no need in this case for a special die handler. All this would do is to add the specific wording to the result.

i.e. Instead of:
1d10-1d10 [d10=5] [-d10=-4] ( 1 )

You'd get:
Yin [Yin=5] [Yang=4] ( 1 )


[EDIT]
Attached an example of a die handler for d10s (Yggdrasill/Keltia)

[sjard]

I don't know Yggdrasill well enough other than that it is by the same company as Qin, but I gathered they're not exactly the same. I was hoping to automate skill rolls, which take the roll, add skill, compare to target numbers, etc.

Ah well, it's for further down the line anyway.

I should point out that one goal is to potentially try making a rulesset for the game, but I know I'm not there yet, figured I'd start on what I viewed as the smaller aspects.

[damned]

Ive uploaded a Qin diceroller to MoreCore v1.36
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?34860-MoreCore-Ruleset
Create a Roll and use /qin
You can also use in conjunction with Modifiers /mod
Use modifiers first and then make the Qin roll.

[ianmward]

Just in time for the Qin and more Cubice7 Bundle of Holding (https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Cubicle7)

[damned]

Just in time for the Qin and more Cubice7 Bundle of Holding (https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Cubicle7)

Aieeee! I know.. Im looking at that one and the other one... you know.... THAT one... https://bundleofholding.com/presents/CthulhuBritannica

[ianmward]

Yeah, I got that one and am thinking about This one... but do I really want a game I have no chance of pronouncing? Yssagrsgythvdilll? Really?