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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mellored" data-source="post: 9843124" data-attributes="member: 6801209">More variety.1 is a lot simpler than 3.For the simplest, roll a d2.  If you roll 2 you win the campaign.  A 1 means you lose the whole campaign.But.i definitely wouldn't consider that D&D.  You want some complexity.That’s easy enough to fix.  You would have to redo all the saves if you went to 3 anyways.side complaint: i really don't know how you use Dex to dodge AoEs.  The whole room is filled with fire, how does a quick side step help with that?Yes.  It allows you to get slowly better over time.5% (+1 on a d20) is a enough to be noticeable but still small enough to feel like gradual improvements.10% improvement (+2 on a d20) would feel slightly too big of a jump IMO.  Doable, but a little big.I.e.5%:  bench pressing 200lbs one day and 210lbs the next.10%: benching 200lbs one day and 220lbs the next.Also if your never going to have an odd number, then divide by 2.  Make it a +1 on a d10 roll.Going along with the +1 growth, yes.+0 is when your not proficient in it.  A peasant throwing a stone at a dragon gets +0, or a fighter trying to cast fireball.Which avoids negatives / penalties.You want people to feel positive about their characters power.  Penalties feels like they are disabled.There is certainly useless complexity in D&D, ability scores to ability mods for instance, but if you remove all the complexity you remove what makes it interesting Again, flipping a coin is very simple, but that's not fun for very long.</blockquote>

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