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chaosprime · 10-07-2007, 11:53 AM

Uh... yes. Like most mathematical formulae, it's insensitive to its units.

I use it often for things like deriving effectiveness ratings from things that are potentially unbounded, like (in my little world) attribute and skill levels, or item value.

It could be used to calculate diminishing returns on the gold randomly bestowed on someone for sacrificing to Eris (across input values of sacrifice value), or the XP obtained from repeatedly killing the same thing (across input values of unmodified XP value), or the poppy seed muffins created by the Conjure Poppy Seed Muffins spell (across input values of caster charisma, conjuring, and cooking).

10-07-2007, 11:53 AM	#3
chaosprime Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Home MUD: Lost Souls Posts: 199	Re: Diminishing returns formula Uh... yes. Like most mathematical formulae, it's insensitive to its units. I use it often for things like deriving effectiveness ratings from things that are potentially unbounded, like (in my little world) attribute and skill levels, or item value. It could be used to calculate diminishing returns on the gold randomly bestowed on someone for sacrificing to Eris (across input values of sacrifice value), or the XP obtained from repeatedly killing the same thing (across input values of unmodified XP value), or the poppy seed muffins created by the Conjure Poppy Seed Muffins spell (across input values of caster charisma, conjuring, and cooking).