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Hey Brainboyz' !

The psychic power Gaze of Fate (Discipline of Tzeentch) allows us to "re-roll a single dice roll". In the case of Psychic tests or Charge rolls, do you re-roll one or both dice ?

Thanks !

 Nym wrote:
Hey Brainboyz' !

The psychic power Gaze of Fate (Discipline of Tzeentch) allows us to "re-roll a single dice roll". In the case of Psychic tests or Charge rolls, do you re-roll one or both dice ?

Thanks !

Since the Gaze of Fate power says "re-roll a ... roll" you'd re-roll the whole thing. If it just said "re-roll a single dice" then you'd just be re-rolling one die. (Cue argument about "dice" vs. "die" that lasts for six pages.)

 Octopoid wrote:

 Nym wrote:
Hey Brainboyz' !

The psychic power Gaze of Fate (Discipline of Tzeentch) allows us to "re-roll a single dice roll". In the case of Psychic tests or Charge rolls, do you re-roll one or both dice ?

Thanks !

Since the Gaze of Fate power says "re-roll a ... roll" you'd re-roll the whole thing. If it just said "re-roll a single dice" then you'd just be re-rolling one die. (Cue argument about "dice" vs. "die" that lasts for six pages.)

You're correct here. A "single dice roll" is all of the dice that make up that particular roll. If it was just a "single dice" it would be worded the same way as the command re-roll stratagem.

Don't forget they errata'd how re-rolls work with multi-dice rolls.

 Octopoid wrote:

 Nym wrote:
Hey Brainboyz' !

The psychic power Gaze of Fate (Discipline of Tzeentch) allows us to "re-roll a single dice roll". In the case of Psychic tests or Charge rolls, do you re-roll one or both dice ?

Thanks !

Since the Gaze of Fate power says "re-roll a ... roll" you'd re-roll the whole thing. If it just said "re-roll a single dice" then you'd just be re-rolling one die. (Cue argument about "dice" vs. "die" that lasts for six pages.)

Yup. It's grammatically ambiguous. This is why you generally don't want to use a plural to represent both singular and plural... especially in a technical document (gaming rule set).

It's the same issue with the "You can't start the game with less than 0 command points" FAQ. Where you put the stress in the sentence changes the meaning.

I think it's also particularly confusing for most Americans who would never use dice to mean one die.