Need help with macro-ing AD&D 2E NPC Thief Skills

I keep coming back to this every couple years.  I'm trying to crack the code for Hide in Shadows and Move Silently. I'm close, but not exactly right. here's what I have so far for Hide in Shadows. [[5+@{selected|level}*5+[[floor((@{selected|level}-1)/2)*(floor(@{selected|level}**0.5))]]]] I suspect this is much more simple than I think.  I suppose I could graph it and then work backwards... Asking smart people for help seems like a much better option. I'm using the AD&D 2nd Edition Simple Sheet

Hi Gargamond, applying math to make sense of some of those old 1e/2e tables just ain't worth the squeeze... Would a query with the table data work? [[ ?{Hide in Shadows: Class level?|1,10|2,15|3,20|4,25|5,31|6,37|7,43|8,49|9,56|10,63|11,70|12,77|13,85|14,96|15+,99} ]] You could also add any racial and/or magic modifiers or such within the inline roll as well.

You can set this up like so: For Pick Pockets: [[30+{@{level},0}>2*5 + {@{level},0}>3*5 + {@{level},0}>4*5 +.........]] (where .... is for more of {@{level},0}>5*5 etc) How this works:  Level 1: 30 Level 2: {@{level},0}>2*5 results in 0 if not level 2, or 5% for level 2+ Level 3: {@{level},0}>3*5 results in 0 if not level 3, or 5% for level 3+ That will give you raw %, then you'd need to add your racial modifier and any penalties to it.  Finally you'd need to set the limit at 99% like this:  [[{[[penalties + pick pockets racial mod + 30+{@{level},0}>2*5 + {@{level},0}>3*5 + {@{level},0}>4*5 +.........]],99}kl1]]

Gauss said: You can set this up like so: For Pick Pockets: [[30+{@{level},0}>2*5 + {@{level},0}>3*5 + {@{level},0}>4*5 +.........]] (where .... is for more of {@{level},0}>5*5 etc) How this works:  Level 1: 30 Level 2: {@{level},0}>2*5 results in 0 if not level 2, or 5% for level 2+ Level 3: {@{level},0}>3*5 results in 0 if not level 3, or 5% for level 3+ That will give you raw %, then you'd need to add your racial modifier and any penalties to it.  Finally you'd need to set the limit at 99% like this:  [[{[[penalties + pick pockets racial mod + 30+{@{level},0}>2*5 + {@{level},0}>3*5 + {@{level},0}>4*5 +.........]],99}kl1]] Here's what I have been using for Pick Pockets.  It's accurate until that 10% jump at level 11. 25+@{selected|level}*5 But what I'm really after is Hide in Shadows and Move Silently.

I was simply providing an example. The setup I suggested will work for any of them.  Here is the example for Hide in Shadows:  [[10+{@{level},0}>2*5 + {@{level},0}>3*5 + {@{level},0}>4*5 + {@{level},0}>5*6 + .........]] To restate what I wrote earlier:  {@{level},0}># 1 *# 2 "@{level}" = the level of the person using this, you can of course do it as @{selected|level} Make sure the attribute is as desired.  ",0" = a number that is guaranteed to not cause a problem with the check.  ># 1 = the check against the level in the chart. Example: 2 *# 2  = the difference between the earlier level and the current level in the chart. Example: for level 2 the difference on Hide in Shadows is 15-10 = 5.  So, if the level is 2 or above it gives:  {@{level},0}>2*5 = {2,0}>2*5 = 1*5 = 5 If the level is below 2 it gives:  {@{level},0}>2*5 = {1,0}>2*5 = 0*5 = 0 You just need to finish the macro (the .... ) with the remaining sections.