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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fireinthedust" data-source="post: 5161630" data-attributes="member: 51930">So I've been thinking about the dice used in D&D, and other games, and wondering whether or not I could switch the various dice rather than use the d20.   Or, if I don't do this, why d20 works.I have yet to take a Stats course (in process), so I could use some advice:If I used a d6 rather than d20, I'd obviously have lower numbers.  Not only that, but I'd need different DCs to target (much lower), especially if the goal is to keep 50/50 as a hit-or-miss rule of thumb: is something a good challenge?  Is the chance to hit it 50/50?  Yes, good, that's great.  If not, I have to adjust the modifiers or the numbers (with ranks in a skill, a magic item; or as DM just use lower DCs)Also, the numbers are really close together.  Most misses, with d6 DCs, are going to be relatively near by D&D standards: chances are I'll miss by 1 rather than more.  Also, if I use 1d6, as I get higer level, the modifiers become more random more quickly: if a low level challenge is getting a 6; and I have +5 to hit at higher levels, then that low-level challenge ceases to exist.    So the size of the dice determines:1)  The DCs I can set2)  The modifiers handed out3)  the speed by which different characters' different modifiers outdistance each other:  so the fighter's BAB is so beyond the Mage's BAB there ceases to be a point to a mage challenging a fighter to a fist fight.  By Epic Level in 3.5, they insituted automatic number incrase by 1, to thing like saves and attacks, and skills: epic thieves might be able to leap the crevasse, but epic wizards down on spells would never be able to get across.Does this sound about right?</blockquote>

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