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Since I'm seeing more interest in monster design, I thought I'd share a tidbit of the official math I was able to derive during my...

Thank you @Charlaquin

Let it go, dude. For the record, I’m a firm believer in the “don’t call for a roll if there isn’t a meaningful consequence for failure”...

This pattern of behavior benefits the producers of that media, because it makes people feel pressured to consume new media as quickly as...

A lot of people seem to have completely misunderstood the point of this thread. The OP is not observing a problem and trying to use...

Retries are another topic, this idea is not about them.

How am I supposed to know "what is the consequence of the first PC's failure?"? It could be different each time. I told you not to...

Presumably, in the situation of a Strength check to open a door, the consequences of the individual forcing the first check is that the...

Yeah, this. Just google the words “dice roller” and you get an in-browser roller with all the standard polyhedrals.

Because it’s not really about preventing gambling, it’s about exercising control.

Sigh. There is a formula because the instructions they give to their business partners instruct them to use it to determine a monster's...

I’d heard something similar at one point, but reading @tomedunn ’s work on analyzing 5e’s monsters, I have a hard time believing it...

Most likely the reason they didn’t give us the actual formula is that it’s more complex than the average reader would be able to...

I haven’t checked, but I would bet it’s the reverse of how the 2014 DMG monster building guidelines suggest adjusting effective HP based...

The optimal number is equal to the number of party members who have a 50% chance of success or better, +1 if that number is odd.