Recent content by Zen Ferno

I GM in the exact same way. If DCs can shift arbitrarily, then the concept is completely meaningless. If a GM wants to tweak Difficulty to match narrative tension rather than a simulated (and set) Difficulty, they ought to be playing a Narrative system like DW or Genesys.

As someone that's GMed a game from level 1 to 18, and playing as RAW as possible, I can say it's not an issue to use Expertise as written. We have a Cleric, a Paladin, a Sorcerer and a Rogue. The Rogue does trivialize "hard" Acrobatics and Deception checks, but it's never been as disruptive...