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It doesn't come up very often, but the DC for any check is always going to be a bit arbitrary isn't it? After all if I want to make a...

It's also part of the 5e rules under Try Again that if it's something that will automatically happen you may still want to "call for a...

Personally I like the flexibility. Let's say I have a cliff face or old half-ruined castle wall that is not terribly difficult to...

It is task dependent. Failing while climbing a cliff, especially if it's a cumulative skill challenge, can be dangerous. Failing to...

This data may be able to tell us something if we had years worth of data. As it its, all we know is that it's likely people were...

Except it’s not clear that it is. Thus the discussion. There are so many variables and missing information. So folks are wondering what...

that was not a sustained bump, that was people looking at their new PHB / DMG. If outside of looking at that (for a week or so) there is...

There are numerous people in this thread, and elsewhere, who I've seen using "be a fan" in a way I feel is too watered to down to be...

Half the reason Blades in the Dark exists is because John Harper hates planning, of any sort. The reason the equipment system works the...

It's not objectionable. It's irrelevant. Far, far, FAR more important than the characters' lives, is the players' enjoyment. When the...

You think that is what RPGs mean when they say be a fan of the PCs? Make sure they succeed or stack it heavily in their favour? EDIT...

What's up with all of the dead space at the end of posts? It's interfering with my doom scrolling 🤔

I don't see how picking a lock to get into a house is a bad example for a discussion. If you think it's a bad example provide better ones.

Hopefully each of us will be able to take this one data thing and use it to spin-- I mean "prove"-- whatever it is we want to believe...

Touché? If you are looking for theme in trad play a major one tend to be exactly: How much are you willing to risk to reach your...