Quote Originally Posted by Kurald Galain View Post
Example: composed attack. Normally, when you have disadvantage, you roll two dice and pick the lowest. That is an elegant mechanic. With a composed attack, however, you roll 2d20, pick the lowest, roll 2d6, pick the lowest of that, add that to the lowest d20 rolled, then use either that result or the other d20, whichever is lowest. Try having a beginning player use that consistently; this is not an elegant mechanic, it's just rolling dice for the sake of it.
But but but, players like rolling dice! It doesn't matter at all why you're doing it or what the results mean, all that matters is that bits of plastic are flying around and you get excited when big numbers show up.