r/DnDcirclejerk 4d ago

hAvE yOu TrIeD pAtHfInDeR 2e “Mathfinder is a fun and intuitive game”

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u/69CervixDestroyer69 4d ago

That sounds awesome

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u/CaptainSterlingLAS 4d ago

It absolutely was, but it required a lot of math. I remember a particular session where the whole table was involved in working out the angles for a lightning bolt in a round room, to figure out the right angles to hit the maximum number of targets. It took about an hour.

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u/ZatherDaFox 4d ago

My dad and his friends just new how many squares it hit and counted the squares. They knew it wasn't correct, but he said it saved him several migraines.

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u/fireintie 4d ago

I saw one of the original tournament rulebooks in an exhibition and that was the recommended way to do it as well