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Right and it’s been useful. It’s teased out a lot of I’m okay with this variation of it but not with this. I don’t like that because X...

No. The point of the check is to find out if you are successful at whatever task you attempted. At least that’s it for traditional...

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This is true. It really depends on the system. In default D&D, the skill is Open Locks, not Open Locks and Avoid Bad Stuff. The roll...

I agree and this is a conclusion we reached a couple pages ago as well. I'll say the same thing I did then--if the main conclusion we...

Quoting just a small part of this post because it has the most important bit. But...yeah it is a bad idea. Imo. I want to clarify...

honestly i prefer find familiar, bigger companions have never really appealed to me personally.

It’s simply boring to always only have at-will capabilities with no way to “go all out” and burn some resources or take extra risk in...

I think we're in broad agreement here, though the devil is in the details. :) Where I prefer the granular approach, within reason, as...

IMO. Generally the Random Encounter is treated more as the consequence in traditional play than a situation the players are to avoid...

Hmm. I think it depends on the content of the table. I'll hazard a thesis--the consequences must be defined far enough in advance that...

Right. There’s major resistance to the idea that a success or failure on a lockpicking check can determine whether the cook is there...

I disagree. If the lockpick check had succeeded the cook was not there. But the example is just emblematic of my real issue, if every...

Nope. The cook was added because of the failed check.

Damage per attack heavily favours martials in 5e, and particularly if you are playing the 2024 rules update. Aside from a few really...