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Originally Posted by Lord Twig
I guess quick division in your head is hard for some people.
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Then do multiplication and not division!
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Thinking back I guess there would frequently be a case where someone needed to know what the Special or Critical chance of a certain percent was. In these cases, almost always, they would just look at me and I would tell them. Guess I have a talent for it.
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The few nonmath savy sorts I've had in games, I have told them to find 10% of their target %. Then divide that by two and multiply it by two to get their critical and special chances. Once they think that way, it comes easily and quickly for them. Finding 5% and 20% of a number is simpler than many day-to-day calculations we have to do just to survive in the modern world. Go out to eat and you have to quickly calculate 15% or 20% for a tip. Go to a store and you have to track 6.125% (here) to know how much you're paying when you walk out the door for taxes, excepting food and clothing. So asking someone to quickly get 5% and 20% seems pretty trivial.
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So really not everyone needs to be good at math, you just need one.
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True.