D20 to 3d6 dice rules from Unearth Arcana

[jaz0nj4ckal]

Thanks for the insight. I will not change the DC targets in my current game, when I switch over to using 3d6.

I am torn between 2d10 and 3d6 for a bell curve. I like the idea of the 5% crit; however, I also like the idea of having crits less of the time. When a 3 or a 18 is rolled, it makes it more exciting.

thanks.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I have been toying with the idea of 2d10 for a nice bell curve. Thanks for all the insight.

cheers!!!

The problem is that 2d10 averages out to 11 instead of 10.5. You need an odd number of dice to keep the same average.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I've been toying with the same idea. What happens to the DCs and bonuses if I use 3d6 instead of d20?

The point of 3d6 is that there are very few things that need adjusting.

Obviously, you crit on an 18. You do need to tweak a few DCs for tasks meant to be easy or hard--tasks meant to be of average difficulty will be fine.

 

[Nellisir]

I'd like to apologize for my bad mood, and the amount of snark it inspired in my last post.

I'm sure there are a lot of good, intelligent gamers who have played Arcana Evolved and enjoyed it. I don't happen to like it, but this wasn't the time or place to take cheap shots at it, or the players who like it.

Nice of you to say so, particularly since Arcana Evolved has absolutely no relevance to the discussion.

Unearthed Arcana (d20) was a book of variant rules put out by WotC and published under the OGL license. It's content is available for free (under the OGL) at several SRD sites.

Arcana Unearthed was the variant core book & setting put out by Monte Cook, and later became Arcana Evolved.

 

[jaz0nj4ckal]

The problem is that 2d10 averages out to 11 instead of 10.5. You need an odd number of dice to keep the same average.

Oh, yes I forgot about that. That is very true and thanks for reminding me of that.

 

[Li Shenron]

The problem is that 2d10 averages out to 11 instead of 10.5. You need an odd number of dice to keep the same average.

How is this truly a significant problem?

As a matter of fact, mathematically speaking the fact that the range of possible outcome changes from 1-20 to 2-20 is IMHO more significan than the change of average, since it renders a previously possible outcome now impossible.

But from the game's perspective, should we really care?

 

[Flatus Maximus]

Have you considered 3m20? The idea is simple: roll 3d20 and take the middle result. The range stays the same, the average stays the same, but you have a nice little bell curve, but not too narrow.

 

[jaz0nj4ckal]

All of these are great ideas, and I want to thank everyone...

Cheers!!! to everyone and happy gaming.