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<blockquote data-quote="kenada" data-source="post: 8783204" data-attributes="member: 70468">I’ve found <a href="https://anydice.com" target="_blank">AnyDice</a> very helpful while working on my homebrew system. I used that quite a bit to look at the distribution of results and to see what the probabilities are at certain thresholds. I started with different mechanics for in- and out-of-combat before settling on 2d6 + modifiers. There’s more to it than that, but that’s the gist of it. I picked 2d6 because it’s quick and easy, and I like the non-uniform distribution of results.What does character progression look like? Will the players be able to influence the bonus when they roll? What determines the difficulty of the roll? What kind of range of modifiers do you expect the players to have? Knowing the answer to some of those questions will help you decide what kind of roll mechanics will work for you.For example, if the range of modifiers between an average and an expert character is too great, you can end up with situations where the average character has no chance of success while the expert is guaranteed success. That’s usually not good. What that looks like will depend on the dice mechanics. A +2 and a +10 is too large for a d6, probably okay with a d20, and basically negligible with a d100.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenada, post: 8783204, member: 70468"] I’ve found [URL='https://anydice.com']AnyDice[/URL] very helpful while working on my homebrew system. I used that quite a bit to look at the distribution of results and to see what the probabilities are at certain thresholds. I started with different mechanics for in- and out-of-combat before settling on 2d6 + modifiers. There’s more to it than that, but that’s the gist of it. I picked 2d6 because it’s quick and easy, and I like the non-uniform distribution of results. What does character progression look like? Will the players be able to influence the bonus when they roll? What determines the difficulty of the roll? What kind of range of modifiers do you expect the players to have? Knowing the answer to some of those questions will help you decide what kind of roll mechanics will work for you. For example, if the range of modifiers between an average and an expert character is too great, you can end up with situations where the average character has no chance of success while the expert is guaranteed success. That’s usually not good. What that looks like will depend on the dice mechanics. A +2 and a +10 is too large for a d6, probably okay with a d20, and basically negligible with a d100. [/QUOTE]

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