D&D General The Resurrection of Mike Mearls Games.

[Stalker0]

My opinion is that it doesn't matter. No matter how WotC chooses to assign or identify DCs, its going to be going against the usefulness of a huge swathe of the playerbase. So what each of us should really be doing is not spending our time trying to fight to get our preference put into the book (for which threads like this have probably no chance of actually doing anything)... but instead spend our time working to become more comfortable changing rules at our own tables so that we have things 100% how we'd prefer them to be.

So you’re arguing that the original article itself about changing dcs is pointless, is that fair to say?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

So you’re arguing that the original article itself about changing dcs is pointless, is that fair to say?

I think that he's arguing the opposite of that. Any given DM is free to adopt whatever method they think works best for their table, so articles like this that explain "What you're gonna get" for "What you choose to do" are WELCOME. What is LESS important, at least according to Defcon, is what WotC chooses to print: Because it won't please everyone anyway.

 

[DEFCON 1]

So you’re arguing that the original article itself about changing dcs is pointless, is that fair to say?

If his original article was meant to inspire WotC to change their rules to match, then yes.

If it was merely an alternative way for tables to run checks, then no.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yeah, seems like a lot of people expect wizards to solve everything with their spells but, why waste a spell slot on knock when there's a rogue in the group. People will call out specific spells a wizard can use to completely negate some sort of encounter as if every wizard has them in their spellbook as well as has them prepared.

Yup cheap wands of knock are a problem not the knock spell itself.

I probably wouldn't even pick it.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Knock is so noisy it's not really an alternative to letting the Rogue open the door, more an alternative to having the Barbarian do it.

 

[cbwjm]

Knock is so noisy it's not really an alternative to letting the Rogue open the door, more an alternative to having the Barbarian do it.

I use it so rarely, I'd forgotten that it makes a massive bang when used.

 

[Zardnaar]

I use it so rarely, I'd forgotten that it makes a massive bang when used.

Can you just keep resrolling the pick locks roll? I forget.

DCs are also low DC 15 is 50/50 level 1 more or less.

 

[cbwjm]

Can you just keep resrolling the pick locks roll? I forget.

DCs are also low DC 15 is 50/50 level 1 more or less.

Depends on the house rules I guess. Kind of like BG3, I've played where a failure breaks a lock pick or jams the lock.

 

[Zardnaar]

Depends on the house rules I guess. Kind of like BG3, I've played where a failure breaks a lock pick or jams the lock.

Failure is fine. Failing by 5 or more will normally trigger the badness eg a trap.

 

[MerricB]

Can you just keep resrolling the pick locks roll? I forget.

DCs are also low DC 15 is 50/50 level 1 more or less.

5E is mostly silent on the issue.

There's nothing saying that you can't reroll, but nor is there saying you CAN reroll.

Cheers,
Merric