Timeline for Would it be fair to use 1d30 (instead of rolling 2d20 and taking the higher die) for advantage rolls?
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| May 24, 2019 at 11:28 | vote | accept | Liam Morris | ||
| May 16, 2019 at 15:04 | comment | added | Ruther Rendommeleigh | @CrusaderJ I'm inclined to agree. However, this answer starts with, I paraphrase, "it's inherently unbalanced because the two methods don't yield identical results". This part I don't follow. It seems disconnected from the rest of the answer. | |
| May 16, 2019 at 15:03 | comment | added | Pink Sweetener | @CrusaderJ That seems completely untrue for any type of contest (stealth, grapple, deception). Pretty much all creatures of CR 2 and above have abilities with a DC of 13 at minimum. | |
| May 16, 2019 at 14:54 | comment | added | CrusaderJ | @RutherRendommeleigh At least in my experience, it's fairly rare to find yourself in a situation where 15+ is required. Generally 8-12 is good enough to get the job done. Assuming this is the normal way of things, 2d20 keep highest will generally be the better way, because there's usually no advantage to rolling far more than what you needed. | |
| May 16, 2019 at 11:39 | comment | added | Ruther Rendommeleigh | Could you explain why you think that methods with different probabilities are inherently unbalanced? It doesn't follow from the rest of the answer. In fact, what I gathered from your analysis is that the d30 is preferable in 50% of the range it covers (numbers of 15+ required) while "2d20, keep highest" is preferable in the other 50%, which seems almost perfectly balanced to me. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 15:55 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 15, 2019 at 13:37 | comment | added | Rubiksmoose | Adding something like the plot in this comment would be very helpful here to visually make your point I think. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 12:00 | history | answered | fabian | CC BY-SA 4.0 |