Small Rant on Seal Rolls in Hamlet parties

[Molly_Millions]

Right, but if someone who needs the drop gets it in their loot list, that's the same as them having won an 8-way roll, so why do you need to bother re-doing it as, say, a manual 4-way roll. By getting it in their loot list they've already won the internal roll, which means they already beat everyone else who wanted it.

You're right, but it's just how we choose to do things. As to your question, you have better odds with 1/4 than 1/8. Besides, the /random at the end is fun. In my groups, we're usually all on mumble and cheering at the results of the /random. Nobody complains.