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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 2622830" data-attributes="member: 6939">Now that your answer has been given, let me address this assertion.This is wrong. Wrong. WRONG.This (for 90% of rolls) does *nothing* to change the 'randomness'. At least not in the way you are thinking.You are thinking "but it makes it more likely to roll a 10, and much less likely to roll an 18, surely that removes randomness." That is *only* true if each result has a separate meaning. But for the vast majority of DnD rolls it is yes/no succeed/fail hit/miss. Thus it is straight percentage. If you need a 14 to hit, it doesn't matter if you roll a 14, or an 18. And a 13 is the same as a 9, or a 2. For damage, it matters, because each number on the die is a different result. Not true for attacks, saves, and most skills.What you *are* doing is changing the game a great deal. Now, if you need a 16 to hit, you will hit 25% of the time. If you use d666, and keep the number at a 16, you will now hit <5%  of the time. But you can get the same result by having to roll a 20 in d20, the bell curve has *no meaning nor effect*, it is a straight yes/no roll. Heck, plug the percent into a random number generator and have at it.If you change the number to a 14 on D666, so it is still 25%, you will get NO DIFFERENCE from using the D20. Sure, more of your misses will be 10 than will be 4, but who cares, they are still misses.I hope that makes sense.</blockquote>