Thread by @delaneykingrox

This is a fun little #ttrpghomebrew for #dnd that smooshes together FATE and dnd modifiers.

So these d6 have that badass ampersand symbol on two faces. The rest are blank. You roll 4 dice and each ampersand bumps your result up one DC.

Take your ability modifier and map it onto the fate ladder like so. Roll the four dice and each symbol bumps you up 1 place.

DCs go up in 1 not 5. Et voila.

Why is this cool?

Firstly, no numbers. The players abilities are mapped to words. "I am good at hunting", "I got a great success".

Secondly it is on a curve.

Unlike fate, you only go up- which means the dice show your effort.

Young players can put their finger on the ladder and go up the number of symbols they roll.

Advantage knocks you up a step. Disadvantage knocks you down a step.

Just use your 5e ability modifiers scores as is.

Divide your armour into partial light+1, partial medium+2, partial heavy+3. Add +1 if full, +1 for shield.

Blunt weapons light+1, medium+2, heavy+3.
Then add Double handed +1. Sharp/piercing +1

Defender rolls dex+armour
Attacker rolls str(or dex)+weapon damage.

Each point you beat your opponent by is a wound level.
Each wound level gives -1 modifier for rest of fight. This will slowly beat you down.
When CON effectively reduced to zero npcs are dead.

So what about negatives?

The DM can roll for baddies of dumb bastard luck and use that to shift the goalposts.