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You know how sometimes in TV shows there are characters who are there but they just didn't do anything important enough to be shown on...

I've always seen it play out this way in practice. Players say what they attempt to do, then the DM either says it works with no...

Yeah, that’s my point. It feels more like insight (wisdom) to search than charisma

Again, 8 intelligence is slightly below average, not mentally handicapped barely able to string sentences together or something. People...

Or, you could roleplay them as always coming up with overcomplicated schemes that never work because they inevitably miss some important...

Hehe yeah too true, you could argue that elaborately complex schemes that don't stand a chance of working are both the norm for most DnD...

Standard "dump stat" means 8, and the OP specifically did say they all had -1 Int modifier so 8 or 9 as their Int stat. That's just a...

I wouldn't go that far. The difference between dumping INT and bumping it to something above average like 12 is a difference of TWO on...

Everyone dumping Int to 8 is pretty standard in my experience if you don't have an Artificer or Wizard. It's just such a completely...

Wisdom (Perception) seems like the most obvious workaround here but sticking to the actual question: I can't think of any...

I've been saying over and over, Animal Handling is an S-tier skillcheck in Modern 5e DnD at every table I've played or DM'd at.

My advice is to let go of insisting on "what makes sense" whenever it gets in the way of the logistics of playing a fun game. Always...

Most of my 5e DnD experience has been this type of "open table" FLGS environment, with single DMs running long (multiple year) campaigns...

Yeah I was wondering what that was as well, I'll vote for it to find out

I don’t see any reason it would “turn around and bite you in the bum.” It’s a super niche application of the Ready action that you need...