I know a higher strength means you hit harder, but do it only affect the max hit or does it increase the likelyhood of hitting 6s instead of 1s? Am I making any sense?

No strength only affects your maximum hit, however attack would increase your likelyhood of hitting your max hit. So really a higher strength means you have the ability to hit much higher, however you have less chance of doing this. Whilst higher attack would hit more often but not as high

With a higher max hit, however, you're lowest hits tend to be not so low any longer.

 

 

 

Correct?

 

 

 

I mean, my max hit is (only) like... 23. And I hit 1-9's very little.

you hit 1-9's very little because at 23 damage, they are only like 10/23 chance of landing that number, which is less than a half. Its more of a psychology factor i think.

 

 

 

Also don't forget, some 0's are considered as a hit (proof? mage spells can hit zero's as well as splashes, and I am assuming that a splash is a miss, which is safe assumption because i have seen ahrim's head looping around my body when a 0 was landed, yep, its magic 'damage' -_-)

So does attack affect it or is it just random?

I don't think Jagex ever gave a concise explanation because they say it being "something we'd only keep to the development team" or something.

This is what I understand, although it might be awfully wrong:

 

 

 

You roll a die. The first one, plus your attack (+att bonus), opposed to the opponent's def (+def bonus). If your roll is higher, you hit (thus, higher attack means less zeros).

 

 

 

If you hit, then you roll a second die. Strength levels (and str bonuses) raise the max hit you have (thus lowering the chances of getting 1's or 2's).

 

 

 

(Yes, I've played D&D :oops: )