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<blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7582450" data-attributes="member: 6919838">Yup... I am in the same boat. If unpredictability is an issues, I find the die or dice is usually the scapegoat but the culprit is the DC. Changing both the dice and the dc...&nbsp; double whammy. If you want 75% of the rolls to succeed set the DC appropriately and roll a single die, imo. If I want something to be more common, I set appropriate dcs.I also use the proficiency = auto success on ability checks (DMG) that are easy or less, shifting the focus on reliability away from the dice to the character. My experience with multi-die rolls has been that what it does for me in practice is make the &quot;value&quot; of traits highly variable. If the net modifier vs difficulty puts you near the sweet spot, your modifiers matter a lot. That bless 1d4 can be huge if you need to roll a 13 on 2d10. If they put you at the edges, that d4 may be almost trivial. With a single fie, your modifiers have a flat constant impact anytime a roll is needed.But, some like yo see things differently and hey, each table is different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="5ekyu, post: 7582450, member: 6919838"] Yup... I am in the same boat. If unpredictability is an issues, I find the die or dice is usually the scapegoat but the culprit is the DC. Changing both the dice and the dc... double whammy. If you want 75% of the rolls to succeed set the DC appropriately and roll a single die, imo. If I want something to be more common, I set appropriate dcs. I also use the proficiency = auto success on ability checks (DMG) that are easy or less, shifting the focus on reliability away from the dice to the character. My experience with multi-die rolls has been that what it does for me in practice is make the "value" of traits highly variable. If the net modifier vs difficulty puts you near the sweet spot, your modifiers matter a lot. That bless 1d4 can be huge if you need to roll a 13 on 2d10. If they put you at the edges, that d4 may be almost trivial. With a single fie, your modifiers have a flat constant impact anytime a roll is needed. But, some like yo see things differently and hey, each table is different. [/QUOTE]

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