Terry Explains D6 Systems

Terry got his start playing D6 TTRPG's. He goes into a little bit of detail of how a D6 system works. #ttrpg #starwarsroleplay #dungeonsanddragons

[eburonson]

My friends and I would greedily snap up any RPGs available and try them out. Lots of Palladium, AD&D, Boot Hill, GURPS, Marvel(FASERIP), DC, Cthulu, etc. We finally began making our own systems to roleplay. We were crazy! However, that love of roleplaying and universe-building found its way into my eventual writing for The 2nd Shift, Wanderers of Melisanda, and the upcoming Paradise Hills.

[MarkCherkowski]

Are you excited that West End Games is releasing D6 System Second Edition is coming out through Kickstarter? You should do a quick video talking about your thoughts on the upcoming update.

[ziwuri]

That sounds boring, you know why? Just because of how the math works out. When you roll multiple dice, all the possible results form a parabola with middling results being overwhelmingly more likely than extreme ones. If I'm rolling 12d6 and the DM is rolling 15d6, seems like it's just a small 3 die difference, right? Well, because we're rolling so many dice, it's statistically almost impossible for me to beat the DM's roll. 12d6 have only a 3.7% chance of hitting the average roll of 15d6, which is a total of 53. So with most interactions, I already know what result to expect. Whereas in D&D, with a bonus-based additive system and the potential for homeruled critical successes and failures, there's much more potential for interesting narrative twists.