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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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I think this is where I start to lose interest in a lot of new systems, and maybe where I diverge from much of the conversation that...
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Can you retry a failed skill check? How long?
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I generally only allow rerolls on ability checks if something within the game world has changed. It could be that new info is discovered...
Sunday at 12:21 PM
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I generally go for 1 attempt and the party can "help" with whatever that game's mechanics are. If they fail, it has to be a completely...
Sunday at 12:15 PM
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On the topic, if a skill can be tried over and over again until the PC succeeds, then I usually switch up the success parameters. I...
Sunday at 12:14 PM
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It's okay, there's nothing in the rulebook that says you can't retry a skill 11 years later!
Sunday at 12:13 PM
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I am a "you get one try for the party" GM. To roll again,the PCs have to change the circumstances.
Sunday at 12:12 PM
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I never let them try again. I always go under the assumption that whatever number they rolled was the best they were going to do under...
Sunday at 12:00 PM
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If it's something that the player has virtually unlimited time to work on and they are skilled enough to have a reasonable chance at...
Sunday at 11:59 AM
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you could easily say the opposite is RAW since they don't mention it. It's up to the DM to allow you to re-try.
Sunday at 11:58 AM
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The RAW answer is they don't mention it, so yes you can try as many times as you want. Now, the question you have to ask yourself as a...
Sunday at 11:58 AM
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It depends on the task, is the only real answer. You can't necessarily "re-talk" someone, as an easy example. Almost any check to...
Sunday at 11:56 AM
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Arcane Subclasses UA Survey is up
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I know this ship has sailed seeing as how four subclasses are already in the PHB, however, they should have gone with more thematic...
Sunday at 11:49 AM
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Necromancer and conjurer should really just be pet subclasses.
Sunday at 11:47 AM
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At this point I just don't expect much of WotC. All this subclasses seem just a bunch of abilities with few or no context. I do prefer...
Sunday at 11:47 AM
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How many "steps" is too many?
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Looking at the number of steps in isolation is not very meaningful, especially as how to break them down into steps is (perhaps...
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