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I assume the check is framed the way the game I'm actually playing frames it.

I misread the last bit as "...magically mind-altering grass", which might make the odds of being ambushed somewhat higher. :)

It's also a Strawman as nobody has said or even implied that many rolls would be necessary, especially the ridiculous ones you tossed in...

The problem is that there is no "burglary" action in D&D. There's sleight of hand to pick the lock, stealth to avoid notice, perception...

I didn't realize I was making a burglary check. Who's moving the goalposts now?

The DM narrated the rough and rocky terrain, which obviously includes ridges. If the players wanted to stay away from ridges, it would...

You can put the cook there on success or failure, but the example specifically did not.

Except that I showed that they don't. The terrain, darkness, etc. will already have been narrated, so nothing involves retrofitting...

This is semantics. Someone successfully saving against a fireball(the caster missed) and being damaged anyway, is essentially the...

This is incorrect. Hit points simulate durability in combat. Let's say that I am in a fist fight with someone. I might throw a...

This is conflating ideas. We're talking about an unrelated or distantly related skill roll determining that something bad will or will...

Respectfully, there have been maybe a dozen comments clarifying that the issue is not the cook's presence in the kitchen in the abstract...

Well no. Not hitting the target number on the DC can mean whatever the game says. Calling that a miss when it’s really a glancing blow...

If the dice come up "encounter" then there's an encounter; the party's stealth then has a lot to say about the course that encounter...

Bad things that has nothing to do with the lack of skill is a bit weird. Like the extremely unskilled cook somehow getting struck by...