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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4454880" data-attributes="member: 15538">I strongly prefer D6 to Savage Worlds. They are both similarly fast, and both are modular systems that can be used for many different campaigns. I just find d6 to be consistently better built, and characters more differentiated from each other.That 17% chance of failure thing is not true... first of all, the GM has the option to simply swipe your highest die. This should probably be the default for non-dramatic situations. You might still succeed. Second, even if he doesn't, rolling a 1 is not an autofail. Only failing a roll can cause you to fail. It's a complication, which could be anything from something that embarrasses you to an inconvience to a less then perfect result. For instance, if you shoot someone and roll a 1, but still hit them, the GM might rule that their gun discharges and shoots out a nearby window. There is a bad example in one of the old Star Wars books about a twig snapping that is NOT how this should be played. Now, if you fail AND roll a 1, the GM may rule you have some kind of fumble result.Honestly, I played first edition Star Wars, which did not have a Wild Die, and sometimes I think I prefer to play without it. But it's not as big a glitch as some of the above posts imply. And it can add a lot of interest to a fight scene if the GM is periodically called upon to narrate something.</blockquote>