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Laurefindel reacted to Eyes of Nine's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with
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While I used to play in d20 rolling games that a 1 was auto-fail; I've pulled back on that. In my 5e games, 20 is auto-success; and if... -
Laurefindel reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
I’ve kept 1s as auto-fails because I have found that spectacular failures often produce spectacular story moments. At worst they add a...
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I got a doozy for y'all. Its Battletech but I dont care because the story is stone cold hilarious. The set up; Battletech is crunchy...
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Laurefindel reacted to billd91's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
We take things fairly easy in our 5e game with the 1s/20s, using them as designed for attack rolls (miss/crit, respectively). But we...
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Laurefindel reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
I run a cinematic pirate-themed campaign setting, where the players do all kinds of zany stunts like swinging from chandeliers, leaping...
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Laurefindel reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
I disagree, though I suppose it depends on the system and the table. In, say, 5e, critical successes/misses on attacks aren't that...
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Laurefindel replied to the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them?.In D&D specifically, I usually treat a nat20 as “you succeed no matter what and look good doing it”, or else gain a small advantage...
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Laurefindel reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
A nat 20 always succeeds where success is a reasonable option. So, for example, if you say that your black ops specialist is going to...
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Laurefindel reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
This is one of the advantages of playing in a game with a DM who takes a more active hand in establishing setting expectations. If they...
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Griffin. Combines the nobility of both lion and eagle. Can rip your face off. Almost certainly loves belly scritches.
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Laurefindel reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Thoughts on New Bladesinger? with Like.
I mean the biggest change is the new blade singer gets Int to attack and damage straight away. So true strike is actually a bit...
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Laurefindel reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond with Like.
Yes, but what Dash does is double your movement for the turn. It doesn’t actually change your physical location at all, it just gives...
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Laurefindel reacted to Davy Greenwind's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light Released on D&D Beyond with Like.
I'd like to discuss the new Dungeons and Dragons player options in the Dungeons and Dragons forum. I don't work for WotC, lol
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Laurefindel reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show with Like.
I'm aware, but perhaps the brand manager role is intended to be a go-between between WotC and a writer guy like Crevello. Kind of like...
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Laurefindel reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
I actually think 5e has its own setting. Kind of. It’s just an extremely broad meta-setting, in which all the various D&D (and some MTG)...
