3d20 system


The 3d20 system is the role-playing game system used in Neuroshima and Monastyr. Like the d20 System, it uses twenty-sided dice, but unlike that system it most typically uses three.

Core mechanic

  1. name the skill to be tested and the difficulty level
  2. roll three twenty sided dice
  3. compare all three separate results with the given attribute
  4. if at least two of the three results are lower than the attribute modified by the difficulty level, test is successful.

    Details

When a test is required, the Gamemaster, names the skill which is going to be tested. He also sets a difficulty level for the test, which modifies the attribute value. Then, the character's skill level is taken into account - if the character does not have any skill levels in the given skill, the difficulty level is raised by one, or, all the three rolls have to be lower than the tested attribute. Otherwise, the player can subtract a total of his character's skill levels in that skill from any of the three dice rolls, each separately.

Difficulty levels

Special rules