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Rolling from a table gives me same result every time

Hello, I just created a new table in my campaing with a total of 10 items, but when I roll on it the only result I get is item #6. I tried renaming the items, closing the campaign and opening it again, clearing the chat history, but after 21 attempts I still get that one result only, so I don't think this is a problem with my perception of randomness as was mentioned in a previous post. I am using Firefox 22.0 on a Dell laptop with 1.60GHz Intel processor and 32bit Win7 Professional. Here is a small screenshot of the results, repeat by 21 times: Thanks!
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Gauss
Forum Champion
Please send me a join link and I will come take a look.  - Gauss
Hi Gauss, just sent you the link via private message. Thanks!
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Gauss
Forum Champion
If you check the "weight" of each item in your table you will find that the only one you gave any weight to was the "Weapon Struck" result. This is why it is the only one being rolled. :) You can correct this by doing the following:  1) Go to the tables tab and click on the table  2) Click on an item in your table.  3) Set to the desired weight.  4) Save the item 5) Repeat steps 2-4 for each item.  6) Save the table.  Note1: If you are looking to equally weight everything then set all Item weights to "1".  Note2: I have returned the table to the condition I found it.  - Gauss
Thanks a lot! Had no idea such a little thing could cause this kind of result. I changed the weight of each item to 1, and the table now gives perfectly random / balanced results. :)
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Gauss
Forum Champion
Well, with a "0" weight the other items had a zero percent chance of rolling them and a 100% chance of rolling the only weighted item. :) With that said, the weighting system is quite a useful tool. If you are building a system where Item A happens 75% of the time and Item B only happens 25% of the time you can weight A 75 and B 25. It will roll A 3 times more often than B.  - Gauss
Now that makes sense! Seems a great way to determine which items are, for example, common, uncommon, rare and very rare... oh the possibilities!
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Gauss
Forum Champion
Exactly :) - Gauss