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Originally Posted by Steve Jackson
I wonder if perhaps the "roll more dice for more difficulty" mechanic should be done away with entirely, in favor of stat penalties.
When you roll 4 dice the result is very often going to be within a few points of 14.
When you roll 5d, the significant majority of results will be from 16 to 19. The bell curve gets way steeper...
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Yep, that was a major problem with Tunnels and Trolls. I usually ditched the additional dice mechanic and replaced it with a -3 modifier for 4d, a -6 modifier for 5d, etc.