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kermit4karate reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back? with
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I think different people have different tolerances for rules complexity - and different people are drawn to different types of game... -
kermit4karate reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with
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Read the 2024 DMG, the two examples I gave you are the ONLY options offered for a player that misses a session if the player does not... -
kermit4karate reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Sure. It's 1) easy mode, and 2) is an option, not the default, and 3) even implies that it's ridiculous since it requires you to...
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kermit4karate reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Sad.
Since I edited my post, presumably after you replied I will post again here. You can homebrew whatever you want, but this is what the...
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kermit4karate reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Then your DM is going easy on you, yet again. The DM going easy on you like that isn't something that you can count on in other games...
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kermit4karate reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Sad.
But what if there is not random encounters? The last time I played and adventure with random encounters was probably around 2010. If...
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kermit4karate reacted to ECMO3's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Sad.
There are 3 options in the DMG. The first two I quoted and the third one starts off "With the absent player's consent, have another...
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kermit4karate reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
That's the way my group does it. If you are a new player you are consenting or not playing. We aren't going to change how we do things...
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kermit4karate replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door?.Keep fightin' the good fight, brother! 🤙
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kermit4karate reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Read the DMG. It's the DM's choice, not the player's. The DM decides which option is in use. No. If you say that and I say no, you...
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kermit4karate reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Charisma is for interacting with other thinking beings. If the only thinking beings in the room are the party, and they don't have that...
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kermit4karate reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
You can also just accept that you’re weak at investigation rolls. Not everyone can be good at everything.
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kermit4karate reacted to Rune's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with
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I think the answer is pretty obvious: Cha (Investigation) would represent your character’s attempt to convince the secret doors to... -
kermit4karate reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
You're asking us to find a way to convince your DM to use CHA to find secret doors? Maybe just accept you have a party of dum-dums and...