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In 5e surprised based entirely in established play. It seems like @pemerton doesn't really understand the 5e surprise rules, either.

Assuming it is just an ‘intricate countdown clock’, does being that preclude it from simulating something?

5e surprise is determined purely fictionally???

Fair enough. I assumed more nuance to you position than exists. That wasn’t on my bingo card. So what would you call a style where the...

Then why does one lose hit points through discrete effects? And why do those effects cause differing amounts of damage/hit point loss...

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

The fireball can have save for half because it’s not calling that a miss. I’m not opposed to adding glancing blows that deal some...

I do that, but only very rarely. Like when two characters have similar proficient skill numbers, but one of them grew up in a location...

I think they call that marriage. :eek:

I would use stealth for being quiet while picking the lock.

How do you handle the survival expert trying to avoid crossing paths with creatures trough avoiding recent tracks, known waterholes etc...

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...

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...

I don’t have a problem with the dm changing dc based on who is doing the action though.