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D&D 5E Is the d20 sacred?

Thread starter Blackwarder
Start date Feb 5, 2013

drothgery

First Post

Feb 5, 2013

Ahnehnois said:
I don't know about that. I mean, nature does love the bell curve, so I think that 3d6 is definitely more realistic, but for a game I think that having a 1 in 20 chance of getting the best outcome (as opposed to 1 in 216) is more dramatic and more fun.

Also, +X/-X items and any conditions or buff/debuff effects that hand out flat bonuses or penalties do really strange things to probability on 3d6 (if you're using them like a D&D 3.x or 4e d20).