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<blockquote data-quote="GnomeWorks" data-source="post: 6291468" data-attributes="member: 162"><p>I cannot, for the life of me, understand the fascination with fumbles.</p><p></p><p>Probabilistically speaking, this whole "1 is a fumble" thing means that, every time I try something, there is a 5% chance that I am going to <em>completely and utterly screw it up</em>. This does not jive with my real-world experiences.</p><p></p><p>Not only that, but the concept of fumbles completely and utterly screws with the notion of how competent these people are. A first-level character has almost always been presented as a cut above the rest, yes? Why is it, then, that he has the same chance of making a complete idiot out of himself, that some normal plebe has?</p><p></p><p>And that just gets worse as the character levels. Twentieth-level fighter, fighting with Vecna - oops, rolled a 1! I just tossed my sword over there, like some kind of bumbling idiot. If something happens in a game of D&D that someone starts playing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ" target="_blank">this</a>, then there is something fundamentally wrong going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GnomeWorks, post: 6291468, member: 162"] I cannot, for the life of me, understand the fascination with fumbles. Probabilistically speaking, this whole "1 is a fumble" thing means that, every time I try something, there is a 5% chance that I am going to [i]completely and utterly screw it up[/i]. This does not jive with my real-world experiences. Not only that, but the concept of fumbles completely and utterly screws with the notion of how competent these people are. A first-level character has almost always been presented as a cut above the rest, yes? Why is it, then, that he has the same chance of making a complete idiot out of himself, that some normal plebe has? And that just gets worse as the character levels. Twentieth-level fighter, fighting with Vecna - oops, rolled a 1! I just tossed my sword over there, like some kind of bumbling idiot. If something happens in a game of D&D that someone starts playing [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ]this[/url], then there is something fundamentally wrong going on. [/QUOTE]
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