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Yes! It does! So....how about a gate with a lock that's rusted shut, so that the "interesting something" is required? Does that make...

With only a 10% chance to fail, thinking in game terms, that means he fails on a 1 or a 2 on a d20, so his bonus is amazing and/or the...

Typically if plan A fails in this sort of game, you are driven to using a backup plan to achieve the same result at a greater cost. The...

When running other people's adventures, which I like to do, this results in a lot of the content (except combat) essentially being...

I think you're not understanding the problem. (Or my problem, acknowledging that some people are totally fine with it.) It's not that...

I suspect you are primed for role-playing if you are a critter, and primed for roll-playing if you solely know D&D from BG3.

Also, regarding everyone trying the roll because why not, this is where I completely agree with @Bill Zebub --- the first result should...

Now its the "Help" action. No system is going to be perfect but I dont think there is an easy fix without either severely overhauling...

I know Pathfinder 2E has that, but it's still only one of those workarounds that are open to scenarios where it doesn't make sense. For...

We're also compounding the issue with the "piling on" of rolls, which I'm not sure is necessarily an issue with skills, although perhaps...

Aside from NWP in 1E & 2E AD&D the first time I recall using skills was Alternity, I liked the concept. It's been in every WotC game...

Yes. I try to have three kinds of locks: The ones that are just there for flavor that the Thief is going to open. At most it will...

It never came up back when I played, but I would have enforced it.

If you don't want your door to be picked or broken down, you can put in an alternative type of "lock." Like having slots shaped so only...

I think when OSR-style games or gamers refer to "player skill" they mean the player's abilities to think of solutions to obstacles in...