diff --git a/Src/World Server/extrafunctions.cpp b/Src/World Server/extrafunctions.cpp
index f7ea349..057ef90 100644
--- a/Src/World Server/extrafunctions.cpp	
+++ b/Src/World Server/extrafunctions.cpp	
@@ -1048,15 +1048,19 @@ UINT CWorldServer::RandNumber( UINT init, UINT range, UINT seed )
     if(range>RAND_MAX)
     {
         UINT max = (UINT)GServer->round(sqrt((double)range));
-        UINT num1 = init+int(max*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
-        UINT num2 = init+int(max*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
-        UINT num3 = init+int(max*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
+        // NOTE: multiply in double first -- on Linux RAND_MAX is 2^31-1 (vs.
+        // Windows' 15-bit 32767), so "max*rand()" done in integer arithmetic
+        // before dividing overflows UINT for nearly every rand() result,
+        // collapsing the output to ~0-1 regardless of range/max.
+        UINT num1 = init+int((double)max*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
+        UINT num2 = init+int((double)max*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
+        UINT num3 = init+int((double)max*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
         UINT res = (num1 * num2)+num3;
         return res>range?range:res;
     }
     else
     {
-        UINT ranum = init+int(range*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
+        UINT ranum = init+int((double)range*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
         return ranum;
     }
 
diff --git a/Src/World Server/worldpackets.cpp b/Src/World Server/worldpackets.cpp
index a4d37aa..db0cdd6 100644
--- a/Src/World Server/worldpackets.cpp	
+++ b/Src/World Server/worldpackets.cpp	
@@ -3162,18 +3162,18 @@ bool CWorldServer::pakCraft( CPlayer* thisclient, CPacket* P )
 	int lowest = thisclient->Attr->Con/ 10 + 17;
 	int highest = thisclient->Attr->Con / 10 + 70;
 	int range = (highest - lowest) + 1;
-	item.durability = lowest+int(range*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
+	item.durability = lowest+int((double)range*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
 
 	// stats randomizer
 	int changeofstatslow = thisclient->Attr->Sen / 13 + 10;
 	int changeofstatshigh = thisclient->Attr->Sen / 13 + 50;
 	int changeofstatsrange = (changeofstatshigh-changeofstatslow)+1;
-	if (changeofstatslow+int(changeofstatsrange*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0)) > 50)
+	if (changeofstatslow+int((double)changeofstatsrange*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0)) > 50)
     {
     	int statslowget = 1;
     	int statshighget = 256;
     	int setstatrange=(statshighget-statslowget)+1;
-      	item.stats = statslowget + int(setstatrange*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
+      	item.stats = statslowget + int((double)setstatrange*rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
     	item.appraised = 1;
 	}
     else