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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 8557738" data-attributes="member: 19675">…that uses opposed pools of die rolls- high rolls wins, tie goes to the defense, 1s being a failure-&nbsp; to resolve skills, but using various die sizes?&nbsp; Point buy based.To clarify: much like certain board or war games, the player &amp; DM would roll dice, High roll wins.&nbsp; But not only does each side have multiple die to roll, the die may be of various sizes.Example: a player‘s warrior attacks a goblin.&nbsp; The warrior has a D20 attack, a d12 attack and a pair of d4 attacks.&nbsp; He rolls them, getting&nbsp; 10 (on the d12), a 7 (on the d20), a 3 and a 1 (on the d4s).&nbsp; The goblin has only 2 d10 defense dice, and rolls a 10 and a 5.Comparing highest to highest, the 10s cancel out.&nbsp; But the warrior’s 7 beats the goblin’s 5 for one hit, the undefended 3 resulting in another hit, and the 1 being a miss.&nbsp; The goblin would take damage from the two hits.Same thing would go for any kind of skill.&nbsp; A thief picking a lock would roll his dice pool against the lock’s.A cliff might have a variety of die pools &amp; sizes to oppose would be climbers on more difficult or easier paths.The smaller dice would be cheaper to buy, but would provide lower odds of success when opposed.*&nbsp; Larger dice would be more expensive, but would have better odds of success when opposed.* Of course, buying LOTS of smaller dice could overwhelm defenses, so there would have to be limitations on how many you could buy in some way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 8557738, member: 19675"] …that uses opposed pools of die rolls- high rolls wins, tie goes to the defense, 1s being a failure- to resolve skills, but using various die sizes? Point buy based. To clarify: much like certain board or war games, the player & DM would roll dice, High roll wins. But not only does each side have multiple die to roll, the die may be of various sizes. Example: a player‘s warrior attacks a goblin. The warrior has a D20 attack, a d12 attack and a pair of d4 attacks. He rolls them, getting 10 (on the d12), a 7 (on the d20), a 3 and a 1 (on the d4s). The goblin has only 2 d10 defense dice, and rolls a 10 and a 5. Comparing highest to highest, the 10s cancel out. But the warrior’s 7 beats the goblin’s 5 for one hit, the undefended 3 resulting in another hit, and the 1 being a miss. The goblin would take damage from the two hits. Same thing would go for any kind of skill. A thief picking a lock would roll his dice pool against the lock’s. A cliff might have a variety of die pools & sizes to oppose would be climbers on more difficult or easier paths. The smaller dice would be cheaper to buy, but would provide lower odds of success when opposed.* Larger dice would be more expensive, but would have better odds of success when opposed. * Of course, buying LOTS of smaller dice could overwhelm defenses, so there would have to be limitations on how many you could buy in some way. [/QUOTE]

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