I played a TTRPG once (Deadlands, I think?) where as you level up, you roll larger dicæaAe. So if you need to roll a 5 to succeed, and you’re rolling a D4, you have no chance of succeeding. On a D6, it’s possible but unlikely, and a d8 gives you a 50% chance of succeeding. I liked that concept, because it makes the sense of growth feel more tangible than just adding a larger number to a d20 roll.
Deadlands (well classic Deadlands) is amazing! But dice explode or can, so you can succeed on a d4! If you got a 4 on the d4, you’d roll again and add it to the original dice. So you roll a 4 then a 3? Got a 7! They could keep exploding. 4,4,4,3? You betcha! Fun times. So lower dice could actually do it slightly more often. Because it was a 1 in 4 chance instead of say a 1 in 12. Still better to have bigger dice. And more of them.
Oh, Classic Deadlands is one of my favorite systems! Exploding dice! Multiple size size! Rolling lots of dice! Using decks of cards! Decks with jokers in them! Mad science! Holy people! Martial artists! Gunslingers! Exciting!
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I played a TTRPG once (Deadlands, I think?) where as you level up, you roll larger dicæaAe. So if you need to roll a 5 to succeed, and you’re rolling a D4, you have no chance of succeeding. On a D6, it’s possible but unlikely, and a d8 gives you a 50% chance of succeeding. I liked that concept, because it makes the sense of growth feel more tangible than just adding a larger number to a d20 roll.
Deadlands (well classic Deadlands) is amazing! But dice explode or can, so you can succeed on a d4! If you got a 4 on the d4, you’d roll again and add it to the original dice. So you roll a 4 then a 3? Got a 7! They could keep exploding. 4,4,4,3? You betcha! Fun times. So lower dice could actually do it slightly more often. Because it was a 1 in 4 chance instead of say a 1 in 12. Still better to have bigger dice. And more of them.
I forgot about that! That’s another cool mechanic. So much more exciting than rolling a 20
Oh, Classic Deadlands is one of my favorite systems! Exploding dice! Multiple size size! Rolling lots of dice! Using decks of cards! Decks with jokers in them! Mad science! Holy people! Martial artists! Gunslingers! Exciting!