Variant Rules: Successes and Failures

[kid america]

So I was looking through Unearthed Arcana and several other RPGs for some variant rules.

I was wondering who has had successes or failures, fun or misery with: 3d6 instead of d20, 2d10 instead of d20, Defense Checks, Injury system, Vitality and Wound Points, Reserve Points, and Massive Damage Thresholds

[CourtFool]

G.U.R.P.S. and Hero System use 3d6 extensively. Honestly, I prefer the nice bell curve. The wild variance of a d20 can be very cruel if you are skill focused and you only get one opportunity to shine with that skill in a session.

[kid america]

kid america wrote:

So I was looking through Unearthed Arcana and several other RPGs for some variant rules.

I was wondering who has had successes or failures, fun or misery with: 3d6 instead of d20, 2d10 instead of d20, Defense Checks, Injury system, Vitality and Wound Points, Reserve Points, and Massive Damage Thresholds

I should have prefaced this post with I was considering using these variant rules in Pathfinder and/or d20 Sci Fi game.

[kmal2t]

It can come down to a preference of simplicity (d20) vs. consistency.

In d20 I just make one roll and do modifiers, but there is a lot more erraticness in the results.

with 3d6 there is more consistency but it's more annoying to sit there and count dots or 3 numbers for every single roll.