Tetris figures
Which figure will a multitool's four supercharged slots form? Most often a corner, when they are adjacent at all. How it works explains why that matters, and supercharged slots how much each figure adds to damage and where the weapon goes on it. A staff and a tool do not land on the same figures, and turns of one figure do not come out equal: a corner can be 21 times rarer than the same corner turned.
All 19, by type
Figures run by how many ways they can lie: the square one way, the line two, each zigzag two, the T four, and each corner four. Inside a figure, the rarest turn comes first.
Most types land about alike. Experimental and Alien land alike too, and apart from the rest: a rare body needs a low first roll, and that same roll places a slot at the left edge of the grid. The colour of an Atlantid works the same way, which is why its three columns differ.
| Figure | Pistol | Rifle | Atlantid, plain | Atlantid, blue | Atlantid, yellow | Sentinel, pistol | Sentinel, rifle | Experimental | Alien | Royal | All staffs | All tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7% | 7% | 6.3% | 7.5% | 7.4% | 7% | 7% | 7.8% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 8% | 8% | |
| 6.3% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 0.19% | 0.37% | |
| 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |
| 5.8% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | |
| 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 5% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 8% | 7.9% | |
| 5.8% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 4% | 4.1% | |
| 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 5% | 5% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 8% | 7.9% | |
| 4.6% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 7.7% | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| 5.9% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4% | 4.1% | |
| 5.8% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 3.9% | 4% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | |
| 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 8.1% | 8% | 2.9% | 9.4% | 9.3% | |
| 5.9% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 4% | 4% | 7.7% | 0.41% | 0.57% | |
| 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 7.7% | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 2.9% | 9.4% | 9.3% | |
| 5.8% | 5.8% | 6.3% | 4.5% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 4% | 12% | 12% | |
| 5.8% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 4% | 4% | 7.7% | 0.41% | 0.57% | |
| 4.7% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.6% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 7.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 2.9% | 9.4% | 9.3% | |
| 5.8% | 5.8% | 6.3% | 4.5% | 6.4% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 8.1% | 8.3% | 3.9% | 12% | 12% |
Staffs fill the All tools column, because there are so many more of them. Read a type's own column instead. A flat line is rare on a staff, 0.19%, and ordinary on a rifle, 6.2%. A tool's slots come from two separate rolls, so any figure can turn up. A staff fills its slots from fixed places, so its figure is largely set from the start, as staffs shows.
The figure everyone wants is rarer than it looks: the square.