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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    Thanks for the response. I was unaware of the 'Taking 20' rule (I'm new to D&D). But doesn't all of this mean that you are taking the randomness out of the game ? I mean, you are constantly rolling dice at random. Which to me, means that even though the PC's stats are really good you could still...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    Ah. I missed that, thanks for pointing it out. So let me see if I understand that correctly. If (in the lock picking example) they have thieves tools, and are proficient with it (or other + plusses), they will be able to unlock a door with a DC of 10 without rolling, but with a DC of 17 they...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    But if you can just pick a lock without the chance of failure, then why have a lock on the door in the first place ? You might as well leave it unlocked ?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    It's not. In combat, the challenge is in trying to get the enemies HP down to zero before they do the same to you. There is no such mechanic in something like trying to 'pick a lock' : it's not as if the lock gets 'slightly more picked' upon each attempt, resulting in a 'fully picked lock' in X...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    Hrm. Those are actually good points, but: if you can just retry until you succeed, wouldn't it be easier if you just let the player succeed without having to roll at all ? Part of what the roll means to me, is that it does mean you can actually fail at a task, and that that failure has meaning...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?

    My personal issue with 'just trying again', is that it removes any real challenge. If you allow to try again infinitely, the player can just keep rolling until they finally roll a 20. I feel that if you fail to pick a lock, you are incapable to open it that way, and you are going to have to try...
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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    Ok. So specifically, the average number of registered DDB users simultaneously online at any given time ? Which, without any further details or context, does not tell you all that much, it seems ? (At least not anything beyond 'not further defined DDB usage' ?)
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    Dragonbane Miniatures Coming to Kickstarter

    Ah. Thanks for the info. I like these mini's, but do not own a 3D printer.
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    Dragonbane Miniatures Coming to Kickstarter

    whaitwut ? These are digital STL files for printing yourself on your own 3D printer ? I got the impression that these were physical miniatures ? Oh, well.
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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    Ah. So do I then interpret that correctly that it only includes 'direct sales' as in 'directly through 'DnD Beyond', but not 3th parties (either digital or 'brick and mortar' selling the physical copies) ? Well, this is all getting too confusing for me to interpret 'correctly' at all now...
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    Dragonbane Miniatures Coming to Kickstarter

    Must be 'RuneQuest' duck.
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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    Really ? Damn... I kinda like my physical books. Ok, but does that include 3th party VTT's (like, but not limited to, Roll20) ? Because if it does, then those won't show up in these DnD Beyond results, but they will count as 'digital sales'.
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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    And.... I'm still playing it, so that sample size of 1 (our group, specifically) statistically proves that it must be doing great !
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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    Point taken. Perhaps, but I still feel that it may still be that most people bought the physical books, and then decided to argue over the rules through some other means (reddit ? this forums ? someplace else ?) Agreed.
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    D&D General D&D Beyond's Users Online Over Last Year

    My interpretation is that the data ('as-is') is insufficient to say anything about the popularity of the 2024 core books, as the original post implied.
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