Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds: A Dungeon Core Novel (Serious Probabilities Book 1) Jonathan Brooks (book recommendations txt) 📖

0.00001% chance that a 10-Star monster would appear, which meant that while possible, he could buy millions of Common Spawn Eggs and never get a 10-Star monster.  Or he could get lucky and buy a single Common Egg and get a 10-Star monster, though the probability of that happening was so low that it was nearly impossible.

The two other Spawn Eggs, the Mystical and Epic varieties, had a higher probability that they would summon a 5-Star and a 7-Star, respectively.  Even the extremely expensive Epic Spawn Egg, however, only had a measly 1% chance that a 10-Star monster would be summoned.

Are these independent events?  He wanted to make sure that they weren’t conditional on prior summons, as that might change the result for the next summon.

“Yes.  Now, can I continue with my explanation?”

That meant that he didn’t have to worry about the probabilities changing between each summons, which could get complicated if the variables weren’t listed.  For instance, if he were to put 1 white pebble and 4 black pebbles of the same exact size and shape into a bucket and then blindly draw one out, there was a 20% chance it would be white.  If he instead drew a black pebble and didn’t put it back, the next time he drew there would be a 25% chance it would be white.  From there—

Dwight made a strange noise that broke Clay’s thought processes.  It was only when he considered what it sounded like that he figured it was the baby dragonling trying to clear her throat.

“Ahemmmm?  Are you ready to listen?”

Yes, yes, I’m sorry.  I just got so caught up in the probabilities and—no, never mind.  I apologize; continue, please.

“Thank you,” she replied, before taking on her lecturing tone again.  “Now, hopefully you have a decent enough understanding of the Star-ratings that I can move on?”  Clay indicated that he did, though he could think of a dozen questions that could probably wait.

“Okay, then,” she continued.  “Each type of Spawn Egg has a different chance to summon a monster, trap, or even a Dungeon Spell.”

Uh…do you—?

“Yes, yes—here!  But don’t get sidetracked, because I’m not going to repeat myself,” she said angrily, even as another chart popped up in his vision.[2]  She paused for a second before adding, “Well, actually, I will repeat myself if you ask, but I won’t like it!”

Looking over the chart, he worked it out like this.  Each time he bought one of these Eggs, it would first determine what type of result it would be: Monster, Trap, or Dungeon Spell – and then it would move onto the chart he saw before, though he suspected the Star-rating didn’t apply to whatever these “Dungeon Spells” were.  For the Monsters and Traps, however, he saw that with a Common Spawn Egg, there was nearly a 90% chance he’d get a monster and 10% chance he’d get a trap.  A Dungeon Spell was theoretically possible, but even more unlikely than getting a 10-Star monster with a Common Egg.  From there, both the Mystical and Epic Spawn Eggs were approximately 60% monster and 40% trap, with the likelihood of acquiring a Dungeon Spell up to 1% with an Epic Egg.

Her lecturing tone came back even as he was looking over the chart.  “Before you ask, because I can sense you wanting to, a Dungeon Spell is a very rare ability that a Dungeon Core can employ in their dungeon, allowing them to do a multitude of different actions even while Heroes are inside.  They can range from periodic damage to anything within a room, to temporarily enhancing the strength of monsters or the effectiveness of traps, and even laying down a blanket effect that cancels all healing done by Heroes; in the end, however, most Dungeon Spells are usually based on the personality and proclivities of the Dungeon Core.  I won’t go into too much more detail than that, because it is highly unlikely that you will see one of those until you’ve been around for a while.”

Clay didn’t see any reason to refute that, because if the probability charts were accurate, then it really was highly unlikely he’d obtain one of them.

“And now I think that it’s about time for you to start summoning.”

Chapter 10

Just like that, huh?  Okay, here we go.  Looking at his available options, there really wasn’t any other choice but to purchase a Common Spawn Egg for 5 Crystal Chips.  Since he only had 30 Chips, that meant he could only get 6 of the Common ones – because the other types seemed nearly impossible to acquire.  Clay thought accumulating 1000 Chips for a single Mystical Spawn Egg was going to be impossible, though he had been told at some point that as his Core Stage increased, so would his daily accumulation of Chips.  There had to be some other method of gaining more Chips, but he figured he would find out about whatever that was later.

Therefore, he went back to the Summoning Portal and mentally selected Common Spawn Egg from his choices.  As soon as he did that, the menu abruptly went away; simultaneously, he could feel a small mote of light he recognized as his Crystal Chips emerge from his Core and disappear in a burst of brighter light.  The next moment, a small rainbow and a pearlescent-colored blob seemed to explode into existence a few feet in front of him near the floor of his BOO.  A few seconds later, the blob was sucked into itself, essentially imploding, leaving behind a very small, glowing, yellow, egg-shaped object.

“As soon as you mentally ‘tap’ on the Spawn Egg, it will open up and your summons will be revealed.”

Huh?  Is it like I’m actually hatching an egg?  How can a monster or a trap fit into something like that?

For the first time, Dwight seemed genuinely amused.  “You’ll see.  Go on, ‘tap’ it.”

So,