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In the words of Brennan Lee Mulligan: “uh, incredible.” First session of a new campaign after a pretty long hiatus from DMing and it...

Understandable. Personally, this is why I don’t really want to use Emphasis as he does, to make rolls more dramatic on his own whim. But...

Yes, an accurate assessment. I would note that in combat there are always degrees of success due to natural 20s (which Emphasis makes...

I think @Li Shenron has a point in that it doesn't get you much for binary checks. But Brennan does use a lot of graded DCs and variable...

Sorry... should have read Post #18 first (linking to save hopping around). Sounds like there are only three (naybe 2 and a half...)...

I get you. I think I started this thread off on the wrong foot by framing it as a solution to the advantage/disadvantage stacking...

I've been tempted to try adding a modifier of +-1d4 for certain circumstances that would be separate from advantage/disadvantage - kind...

I haven’t gone through to count, but I think it’s fairly common. Yes. In the example in post 18, I demonstrated going from Emphasis to...

No worries. My post #18 contains a practical example of what I’m trying to describe. I think what you may be missing is that in 5e...

This is where you're losing me. Here's your original post: "So, my proposal is simple: when a d20 test would have both advantage and...

Perhaps more likely: Strahd’s Book of Forbidden Magic. Not specifically Ravenloft (Fizban’s book wasn’t specifically Dragonlance) but...

Completely understood! For me though, your proposed idea just feels more complicated than it’s worth. Just allowing Advantage and...

That’s an interesting alternative, but more tracking than what I was going for here. I probably framed this thread incorrectly. My...

Well, the idea here is supposed to be a house rule that allows multiple instances of Advantage and Disadvantage to be relevant without...

The idea is, Emphasis only comes up when Advantage and Disadvantage would cancel each other out. Any instances of Advantage or...