Alternative advantage/disadvantage

After playing Shadow of the demon Lord I can't help but love its boon and bane system. I think it could easily be used in D&D. Boons and Bane dice are D6s.
Boons are added to the D20 roll, bane die are subtracted from the D20 roll.

Unlike advantage/disadvantage players can gain more than one. They can even gain some of each. They cancel each other out. So if a player gains 2 boons but 1 bane the player rolls just the one boon. If more than one is rolled only the highest die is used.

I've toyed with the idea of using this option with proficiency die option from the DMG. Making the boons and banes additional proficiency dice.

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