not exactly but ygwim

if I’m bothering to adapt a system that much before playing it I’d rather just hack a different system, to be honest. even the full regular polyhedral set is a bit annoying for me tbh

my ranking will probably always be d6 > d20 > d10 > d12 > d8 > d4 because those top 3 are usable in so many cases and cover pretty much anything I could want. the d12 is great and the d8 is useful in a bunch of niche cases, while the d4 is barely shaped well enough to roll

my ideal system uses like 3 dice. the full polyhedral set just ain’t for me! it can and usually does work, but just as a matter of taste I don’t think it’s worth using more than a couple different types

I think something similar is used for Shadow of the Demon Lord! they use it for dis/advantage iirc, it’s very elegant and I think could be applied to more systems

6 dice under this resolution method is a 91.22% chance of success. you could put the cutoff at 4-5 dice for an 80-86% chance but that’s really up to you

I’m becoming more and more of a fan of very limited skill lists — my current musings have 12 skills that everyone can use, plus a handful of others specific to Burglars, Jesters and Alchemists. it’s useful to have something to cover cases that a player can’t really roleplay!!

only to exacerbate the problem the moment someone decides to loot the million gold value they hold 😭😭

none of these are better or worse than any other in a blanket sense, they just serve different purposes, so you choose which is best for your game. neat!

I think the thing that exemplifies this most is skill checks. OSR games range between not having them at all, or putting them on X-in-6, 2d6, turn undead table, d%, treating them like a save, or d20 roll under.