Exalted (d6). Help me, please.

[jdrakeh]

Okay, a gushing actual play thread elsewhere (coupled with some bitchin' PDF handouts) has convinced me that I need to give Exalted a go. . . but I really don't want to buy a bucket of ten-sided dice at $1.00 a pop just to play. mainly, because I already have a bucket of six-sided dice. So. . .

I'm not looking to convert Exalted to the D6 System. Rather, I just want to use my six-sided dice in place of ten-sided dice (kind of like the Exalted demo). I'm thinking that if I change the default TN to 4 and then treat results of "6" as results of "10" I'll pretty much have it covered. . . however. . .

I'm not very familiar with Exalted. Is there some kind of statistical weirdness that migth crop up in actual play if I do this? Is there something that I'm missing. I shouldn't think that bonuses will change much, as they add dice rather than straight linear modifiers. If anybody could enlighten me, I'd be much obliged.

 

[Crothian]

You can always just use d10's and d20's.

 

[jdrakeh]

You can always just use d10's and d20's.

Exalted uses a dice pool. . . and I don't want to go buy a bucket full of ten-sided dice (or twenty-sided dice).

 

[Crothian]

I know, I play. Unless you just happen to only have a few dice you should be able to raid your sets and pull out dice that work. That's what I do.

 

[jdrakeh]

I know, I play. Unless you just happen to only have a few dice you should be able to raid your sets and pull out dice that work. That's what I do.

I have played Exalted and I'm pretty convinced that a few 10-sided dice won't cut it (mainly because I've had to roll more than 25 at one time). So. . . if you'd like to offer some advice on the alternative that I've decided to pursue, please, feel free to lend a hand

 

[Mark CMG]

You don't have a bag full of d20s? But you have a tattoo of a d20 company on your head? Maybe you could get some dice company to tattoo a couple of 3d d20s on your eyelids in exchange for as many as you need?

 

[Queen_of_Spades]

Exalted uses a dice pool. . . and I don't want to go buy a bucket full of ten-sided dice (or twenty-sided dice).

whats is wrong witha bucket of 10-side dice?

ok, anyway, \im not good on math, but i've been playing exalted for a few years now. I think that using d6 wil turn thingas slightly harder, but not THAT hard, since the enemy will use d6 too. I say there is no problem.

(but, really, what is the difference between a bucket of d6s and a bucket of d10s?)

 

[jdrakeh]

You don't have a bag full of d20s? But you have a tattoo of a d20 company on your head? Maybe you could get some dice company to tattoo a couple of 3d d20s on your eyelids in exchange for as many as you need?

You only need one d20 to play most d20 games

 

[jdrakeh]

whats is wrong witha bucket of 10-side dice?

I don't own one. Nor does $40 seem like a good price for one.

but, really, what is the difference between a bucket of d6s and a bucket of d10s?

Again, I already own a bucket full of six-sided dice.

 

[Mark CMG]

You only need one d20 to play most d20 games

Then you only need one d10, some paper and a pencil, to play Exalted. Are you mad?