5 comments:

Timeshadows said...

Nice chart, both because it uses the d12, and it fairly accurately depicts that only about 15% of the global population is Left-handed.

For Urtutsk, in the full shebang, I use a chart for each Ethnicity of Humans. Makes little differences fun. Half-bloods, too. :)

July 18, 2009 at 11:46 PM  

Dyson Logos said...

The only stats I can find that are backed up at all on Ambidexterity puts it at less than 2% of the population (Sports magazine, Aug 1988). Various studies place the right handed population at between 70 and 90% of the population. The most recent study I've seen has only 7-10% of the population as lefties ("Frequency-dependent maintenance of left-handedness in humans", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 263, 1996)

In other words, I would switch up to a d20 or even more likely d100 for the table.

July 19, 2009 at 4:16 AM  

JB said...

I prefer the Top Secret method of determining handedness: roll a D10 and a D5. If the D5 is higher, you're left handed, otherwise you're right. If you roll the same number on both dice, you are ambidextrous.

Hmmm...actually, after checking my TS book, that is NOT how you determine handedness. I have no idea where I got this rule (I have often used it). Dragon Quest, maybe?

July 19, 2009 at 10:21 AM  

Knightsky said...

roll a D10 and a D5. If the D5 is higher, you're left handed, otherwise you're right. If you roll the same number on both dice, you are ambidextrous.

I use a similar method, that I think(?) I ripped off from White Dwarf magazine many moons ago. Roll a d20 and a d6. If the d20 is higher, you're right-handed, if the d6 is higher you're left-handed, and if they're the same, you're ambidextrous.

July 19, 2009 at 11:45 AM  

RipperX said...

RE: Timeshadows, Thanks, but aren't you suppose to be on vacation? Step away from the computer! The PC is my preferred form of entertainment too, but when I take off, I don't even look at one.

RE: Dyson Logos, I had no idea that somebody actually did a study on this? Who would be foolish enough to spend that kind of money on something so obvious? I honestly will never figure out rich folk.

RE: JB, dude, you were so on the right track, except that I've never even seen a d5. Of course I've never seen a d30 either, but I went with knightsky's version because the dice are more common.

RE: Knightsky, I went ahead and put your version right on the post. Folks don't always check out the comment section when they are hunting for a rule and I wanted it to be right there. Thanks for your input, it helped me out, and I bet that it will help others out as well!

July 19, 2009 at 1:37 PM