Chaska the Magic Dog  Jul 18, 2023

#askfedi

What are you opinions on the d20 dice itself. Do you find that it creates too large of a spread? Do you dislike how most games use the 1 and the 20 for critical failures and successes? Do you swap it out for 3d6 or something else?

#3d6 #d20 #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #fallout #dnd35 #adnd #odnd #dice #dicegoblin #ttrpg #rpg #roleplaying #dicerolls

Show threadLuigi Jul 18, 2023
@ChaskaTheMagicDog disliking d20s was one of the reasons my group adopted GURPS in the 90s, and switched to the D6-dicepool Silhouette in the 2000s.
Show threadOblomovJul 23, 2023
@luigirenna @ChaskaTheMagicDog isn't that kind of different though? The number of sides in a dice determine the granularity of the result under the constraint of uniformity of distribution for the outcomes, while the d6 pool is for normal distributions is outcomes.
I guess ultimately the question is: are there cases where you might need more than 6 equally-probable outcomes?
Show threadLuigi 
@oblomov @ChaskaTheMagicDog D6 offers interestingn mechanics like roll xD6, keep the highest and each 6 after the first adds +1 to the final result, which allows for a difficulty that ramps up after 6
Jul 23, 2023 at 7:50amWeb