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Hmm, interesting.🤔

IMO, multiply the DC and add the results. I.e. DC 15, with 4 people = DC 60. Then add up the 4 rolls. Effectively turns it into the...

Presumably, in the situation of a Strength check to open a door, the consequences of the individual forcing the first check is that the...

While I get the appeal for transitioning into a group check, I think the root problem is the DM didn't follow the advice of when to call...

Checks benefit from consequences and time pressures, etc., but I think this misses the point. Players often see an opportunity to throw...

This is why I focus on "dump" scores rather than low scores.

Found it. Though, I slightly misremembered; if everyone in the group has a better than 50% chance of success on the task, then adding...

There was another thread about this idea once before where the OP did the analysis, and the conclusion is what I’ve been saying, that...

This is true, they both have the same problem. But we don't talk about Flight Club here.° Point Buy tacitly promises us that we can...

I've got to say back in the days that I still played games that used random generation, I didn't see appreciably less of this with...

I think a lot of my problems with Point Buy is how it can impose on a given character from a roleplay perspective. It means you've...

I'm interested in reining-in the Chimera. I see this sometimes with skills like Deception and Persuasion. For instance when one...

I think the nature of the individual task is getting kind of muddled here. There are some tasks where I think a group check would be...

One thing to keep in mind with group checks is how many characters can reasonably attempt the task at the same time. For opening a...

Yes, this is exactly the idea.