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can you put the link to the file?

It's in the showcase
http://www.basicfantasy.org/showcase.cgi?user=258

Thanks, btw this is the direct link: http://www.basicfantasy.org/showcase.cgi?sid=56

I've checked this out and I don't think it's for me.

I prefer d20 for skill checks. It just has more range.

But really I think the question for me is not so much what system to use, as when to use it. If some things are regulated and others are not, then, why would you choose to be regulated?

Anyway thanks for posting this. In a really simple game, the DM could run the whole game with a notebook and a d6.

Updated with a few things on timing and tools added

Longman wrote: But really I think the question for me is not so much what system to use, as when to use it. If some things are regulated and others are not, then, why would you choose to be regulated?

Because you feel-the-need/prefer to be?

Anyway I think that dimirag's suggestions in the other thread on how to handle a skill system are very sound.

When to use the system, or when to use a specific system from various options are both a GM thing based on taste, I like to use a single system, it makes thins simple for me (and for some players that does not want to learn 4 or 5 rolling methods).

I like this but I would like to see a D20 mechanic just because everything else around it is also based on that dice..

For what it's worth, if you prefer d6 mechanic, you might check out Delving Deeper, which is an OD&D retro clone, for inspiration/ideas. Just my 2 cents.

Kind of reminds me of what they went for with LotFP, only without adding stat modifiers. Pretty straightforward.

I'm a roll high kind of person - my usual thought on this type of setup is to make 6 the target, with your skill (and attribute) modifiers as a bonus to the roll. total mod over six, and you have to roll snake eyes (2 on 2d6) to fail. You can assign difficulty as a penalty, or as an increase in die size.