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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MwaO" data-source="post: 6809246" data-attributes="member: 12749">Honestly, I think the only thing the d20 really adds to the system is the illusion of variability and allowing the options of automatic failure/critical hits.I like the idea of a d6 to hit and a +/- die where creatures(including PCs) are either very strong, strong, balanced, weak or very weak where at-level monsters tend to be balanced as a default and PCs tend to be strong on offense, balanced on defense. A particular monster, such as a Soldier might be strong on AC. A higher level monster would be strong on all defenses and a lower level one weak on all defenses.If both sides are equal, you need to roll a 4 to hit. If offense strong, defense balanced, you need roll a 3. Offense strong, defense weak(lower than level creature), you need to roll a 2.A 6 and the +/- die came up as a +, then it is a critical hit.This tends to weight things nicely towards what actually happens in the D&D system - most PCs tend to hit monsters 65% of the time(i.e. 3, 4, 5, or 6) and monsters tend to hit PCs back 50% of the time(4, 5, or 6). A critical hit happens 8% of the time, which is fine. A tough monster is hittable 50% of the time, which is still doable and a weak monster is hit 84% of the time. A weak monster hits a PC 33% of the time and only 16% if attacking a strong defense. Combat advantage or similar bonuses to hit kick you up a notch and you can't go up/down more than 2.Then you can kind of ignore level-based defenses. The only real question is if the monster is stronger or weaker than you and what it is good at...</blockquote>

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