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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8792082" data-attributes="member: 6796468">DC 14 with a +4 bonus.3d6 passes on an 10 or better. So does a d20. Simple. Easy. Clean. Which one passes more often?d20 passes on 55% of rolls3d6 passes on 62% of rolls.Hmm... there seems to be a discrepancy, here.How about DC18 with a +4 bonus? They both need a 14 or better!d20 passes on 35% of rolls.3d6 passes on 16% of rolls. WILD.How about a DC of 5 with a +2 bonus? Only need a 3 or better!d20 is a 90%3d6 is 100% (99.54 if a 3 is an automatic failure, 98.15 if a 3 and 4 are automatic failures)Okay, okay. That one's a bit cheatsy. Let's bump it up to DC 7 with a +2 bonus.d20 is 75%3d6 is 98% DC 20 with a +4 bonus?d20 is 25%3d6 is 4% Charitably we could round up to a 5%.Now, of course, you can adjust all the DCs of 5e D&amp;D to conform to a 3d6 system... but most people who use 3d6 change absolutely nothing whatsoever other than which dice are being rolled. And especially early game, it means greater competence for PCs and NPCs when DCs and bonuses are lowest. And late game, when the enemy's AC is 20 and you've got a +13 to the roll? (+6 Proficiency, +5 Attribute, +2 Weapon)d20 70%3d6 91%How can you look at these values, these significant differences in chance to land the hit, and say there's no difference?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8792082, member: 6796468"] DC 14 with a +4 bonus. 3d6 passes on an 10 or better. So does a d20. Simple. Easy. Clean. Which one passes more often? d20 passes on 55% of rolls 3d6 passes on 62% of rolls. Hmm... there seems to be a discrepancy, here. How about DC18 with a +4 bonus? They both need a 14 or better! d20 passes on 35% of rolls. 3d6 passes on 16% of rolls. WILD. How about a DC of 5 with a +2 bonus? Only need a 3 or better! d20 is a 90% 3d6 is 100% (99.54 if a 3 is an automatic failure, 98.15 if a 3 and 4 are automatic failures) Okay, okay. That one's a bit cheatsy. Let's bump it up to DC 7 with a +2 bonus. d20 is 75% 3d6 is 98% DC 20 with a +4 bonus? d20 is 25% 3d6 is 4% Charitably we could round up to a 5%. Now, of course, you can adjust all the DCs of 5e D&D to conform to a 3d6 system... but most people who use 3d6 change absolutely nothing whatsoever other than which dice are being rolled. And especially early game, it means greater competence for PCs and NPCs when DCs and bonuses are lowest. And late game, when the enemy's AC is 20 and you've got a +13 to the roll? (+6 Proficiency, +5 Attribute, +2 Weapon) d20 70% 3d6 91% How can you look at these values, these significant differences in chance to land the hit, and say there's no difference? [/QUOTE]

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