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Roll20 Superstition? (5d100)

So i was told by someone (very adamantly) that rolling 5 d100's are meant to "reset" something about the rolling system. With the upshot being that if you're having bad luck, you can roll 5d100's and it will change. Now obviously that just sounds like a superstition to me. But being that this is all computer-based, it's also not outside the realm of possibility. Is this a real thing?
I highly, highly , doubt it.
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Lithl
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No. If your roll has the atom icon next to it, indicating that the roll used the "quantum roll" feature, then Roll20 used a physical source of entropy to produce the random result. I don't know what source Roll20 uses, but common sources include isotope decay, atmospheric noise, and cosmic background radiation. If the roll doesn't have the Quantum Roll icon next to it for some reason, then it was produced by Roll20's PRNG, which doesn't do something silly like reset when you roll 5d100.
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Pat S.
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Billy, someone was pulling joke on you. There is no reset like that.
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The Aaron
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(But if you want one, I'll totally write one for you in the API for a small fee... comes with ocean front property in Arizona... =D I tease, I tease!!! )
Throw in a bridge and a timeshare and you've got yourself a sale.
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The Aaron
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=D
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Stephen S.
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This is true. Don't listen to the deniers.
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Yes, and if the GM rolls [[666D666]] your character will automatically fumble the next roll.
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Pat S.
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al e. said: Yes, and if the GM rolls [[666D666]] your character will automatically fumble the next roll. And your campaign with burn and freeze up at the same time for all eternity (Joking on that but not sure if that type of would cause some serious lag especially if the 3d roll is used)
...(changing code now, please stand by...) -- Disclaimer: That is not actually true, but it would be awesome if it were.
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Lithl
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Pat S. said: al e. said: Yes, and if the GM rolls [[666D666]] your character will automatically fumble the next roll. And your campaign with burn and freeze up at the same time for all eternity (Joking on that but not sure if that type of would cause some serious lag especially if the 3d roll is used) I believe the engine limits rolls to 100 dice no matter how many you tell it to roll, and the 3D roller will only roll polyhedrons from a basic set (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20). You could probably cause things to choke by rolling 100d20 with 3D enabled, though.
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Gauss
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If you roll 100d20 with 3d dice enabled the 3d dice roller will only show 20 dice and then report the rolls for all dice rolled.
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Stephen S.
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Stop ruining our conspiracy thread with facts please.
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Lithl
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Gauss said: If you roll 100d20 with 3d dice enabled the 3d dice roller will only show 20 dice and then report the rolls for all dice rolled. This is what I get for never playing with 3D dice. =)