Mathammer Request: Armorbane and Cluster Warhead

[Indefragable]

Mods: not sure if this should go into the AOD: Tactica section.

 

 

Looking for help (read: cheat sheet/formulas) calculating Armourbane and Cluster Warhead for the Xiphon.

 

Aka being able to calculate 5x Melta guns vs AV14 vs 5x Melta bombs, etc...

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

[SkimaskMohawk]

It's 58% to pen off a melta in short range, so 38% for a melta to hit and pen and 12% for a shot to cause an explodes result. 5 meltas would be 1.94 pens and 0.63 explodes.

 

Now, xiphons don't get armourbane. The average roll on a d3 is a 2, so you'd average 2 rolls on the damage table, giving you a 34% chance to cause an explode. But you need to pen first.

[Indefragable]

It's 58% to pen off a melta in short range, so 38% for a melta to hit and pen and 12% for a shot to cause an explodes result. 5 meltas would be 1.94 pens and 0.63 explodes.

 

Now, xiphons don't get armourbane. The average roll on a d3 is a 2, so you'd average 2 rolls on the damage table, giving you a 34% chance to cause an explode. But you need to pen first.

 

Thanks...I was more of looking for help with the formulas for calculating things like Armorbane or Cluster Warhead. 

[SkimaskMohawk]

I couldn't tell you the formula, but this site has the percentage chance for numbers on 2d6m

 

http://www.travellercentral.com/rules/dice.html

 

Choose the AV value you want to beat and add the percentages up.

 

As for cluster warhead, there's no real calculation or formula. Average roll on a d6 is 3.5, which translates into a 2 for a d3. Just multiply that by the chance of your intended result like explodes (2x0.17) or immobilized (2x0.33).