D6 System: The Universal Standard and Standard Difficulties
When I'm preparing for a session using any of the D6 System RPGs (Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, OpenD6, Mini Six (MS1, MS2) or any of the many others) I like to use the following two charts to set the difficulties for tasks.
Die Code |
Average Roll |
Description |
|---|---|---|
1D |
3.5 |
Below Human average for an attribute. |
2D |
7.0 |
Human average for an attribute and many skills. |
3D |
10.5 |
Average level of training for a Human. |
4D |
14.0 |
Professional level of training for a Human. |
5D |
17.5 |
Above average expertise. |
6D |
21.0 |
Considered about the best in a city or geographic area. 1 in 100,000 people will have training to this skill level. |
7D |
24.5 |
Among the best on the continent. About 1 in 10,000,000 people will have training to this skill level. |
8D |
28.0 |
Among the best on a planet. About 1 in 100,000,000 people will have training to this skill level. |
9D |
31.5 |
One of the best of several systems in the immediate area. About 1 in a billion people have a skill at this level. |
10D |
35.0 |
One of the best in a sector. |
11D |
38.5 |
|
12D |
42.0 |
One of the best in a region. |
13D |
45.5 |
|
14D+ |
49.0 |
Among the best in the galaxy. |
Note: The wild die adds 0.7 to the average result.
Difficulty |
Target # |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Very Easy |
2−5 |
Nearly everyone can do it. These checks should only be made if a success is critical to the scenario at hand. |
Easy |
6−10 |
Player characters will seldom have trouble with these tasks, but an untrained individual may find them challenging. |
Moderate |
11−15 |
Average Characters have a reasonable chance of failing at this level. Consistent success often requires training in the skill or a high level of natural ability. |
Difficult |
16−20 |
Tasks at this level are truly challenging. To succeed, a character needs to be well skilled or very lucky. |
Very Difficult |
21−30 |
Challenges of this level fall into the domain of masters in the skill being used; few others will succeed at them. |
Heroic |
31+ |
These challenges are almost impossible. Only the very lucky or true masters can consistently succeed at them. |
Here is a PDF with a nicely formatted version of these tables (5½×8½ inches, suitable for adding to a booklet, or printing two up on on 8½x11 inch Letter paper) , and the ConTeXt source. You can always look at the ReStructuredText source of this page if you want the table in ReStructuredText format - there should be link named "Source" at the beginning of this post if you are visiting the article page (not the index page for the whole blog) what will let you download it.
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