[RPG] Rules for Classic World of Darkness Abomination

There's no book, or collection of books, that comprises the whole of the background story for the World of Darkness. Part of what made the game so successful is the way that it spread the story in bits and pieces throughout all the books, giving collectors and fans the "metaplot" in a serialized way that kept them buying material.

However, one good place to start would be the Encyclopedia Vampirica, which was an IC concordance of the Vampire: The Masquerade setting material published in 2007. It may be hard to track a copy down, but less time-consuming than reading each of the sourcebooks for the background material.

Another good source for information would be the Time of Judgment books, which provide a somewhat comprehensive look at the Classic World of Darkness from the perspective of the books meant to conclude it.

I ended up getting a tweet from the creator of AnyDice with an optimized solution. The function names are clear and it works quickly.

@catlikecoding Hey Jasper, could you help me with an #AnyDice question? I'm still learning the ropes with the system. http://t.co/H0qMhIaIGD

@redlamp Don't use a mega function, break it up. http://t.co/anUMab5ByK

The code sample:

function: roll ROLL:s {
 if 1@ROLL < 1 & (#ROLL)@ROLL = -1 {
  result: -1
 }
 result: [highest of 0 and ROLL]
}

function: roll ROLL:n with willpower {
 result: [highest of 0 and ROLL + 1]
}

function: specialty N:n {
 if N = 10 { result: 2 }
 if N = 1 { result: -1 }
 result: N >= DIFFICULTY
}

DIFFICULTY: 7

NORMAL: d{-1:1, 0:(DIFFICULTY - 2), 1:(11 - DIFFICULTY)}

SPECIALTY: [specialty d10]

X: 4

output [roll X d NORMAL] named "normal"
output [roll X d SPECIALTY] named "speciality"
output [roll X d NORMAL with willpower] named "normal willpower"
output [roll X d SPECIALTY with willpower] named "speciality willpower"
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