Recent content by Kynrasian

5% of the time is rather excessive. An automatic fail on the roll of a 1 makes sense, yes, but having to roll when your skill already beats the DC is a bit excessive. Maybe houseruling that a player must have a skill of at least 1.5 times the DC before they can skip the roll altogether would...

Wait! Wait... I just found where he's getting that idea from. DM Guide page 189; the sample houserule about critical success and failure. I'll just bring up that it is a houserule that we never really agreed upon. It also mentions the a houserule called fumble, which seems to describe the...

So...a natural 1 in 4e is only an automatic fail when attacking?

I know there's no point, but I've already discussed that with a friend. I know I probably should've mentioned that sooner but it only just occured to me. He argues that since you could still conceivably fail by rolling a 1 then the roll is necessary, I have tried arguing that if your skill...

When making a skill check, would a player need to make a roll to beat a DC that their current skill level already beats? For example, would a player with 10 athletics have to roll a d20 to jump 5 feet from a standing start? If there is any official source citing the answer to my question I...