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<blockquote data-quote="Horwath" data-source="post: 7885853" data-attributes="member: 6801299">this in not a problem of skill system but of d20.in 3E(and in any other edition) you needed to &quot;pump&quot; up the numbers you do not fail because of bad d20 roll.My biggest beef with d20 is that 1,10 and 20 have the same chance of turning up.3d6 is much better and then few +1s in skills over few level means a lot more.maybe better approach to skills and keeping d20 would be giving advantage to trained skill rolls and with expertise 3d20 &quot;take highest&quot;another approach could be with adding &quot;floor&quot; to d20.I.E. if you have proficiency in skill any roll below 5 is counted as 5, and if you have expertise any roll below 8 is counted as 8. That means that with +2 proficiency bonus your minimal check is 7 plus ability mod with normal skill proficiency and 12 plus ability mod with expertise.Average and max checks remain the same, but for trained people you prevent blunders with easy/normal tasks.you still need +3 ability bonus at start to have DC 10 an auto success for normal proficiency and DC15 for expertise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horwath, post: 7885853, member: 6801299"] this in not a problem of skill system but of d20. in 3E(and in any other edition) you needed to "pump" up the numbers you do not fail because of bad d20 roll. My biggest beef with d20 is that 1,10 and 20 have the same chance of turning up. 3d6 is much better and then few +1s in skills over few level means a lot more. maybe better approach to skills and keeping d20 would be giving advantage to trained skill rolls and with expertise 3d20 "take highest" another approach could be with adding "floor" to d20. I.E. if you have proficiency in skill any roll below 5 is counted as 5, and if you have expertise any roll below 8 is counted as 8. That means that with +2 proficiency bonus your minimal check is 7 plus ability mod with normal skill proficiency and 12 plus ability mod with expertise. Average and max checks remain the same, but for trained people you prevent blunders with easy/normal tasks. you still need +3 ability bonus at start to have DC 10 an auto success for normal proficiency and DC15 for expertise. [/QUOTE]

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