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Li Shenron reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with
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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... -
Li Shenron reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
Presumably, in the situation of a Strength check to open a door, the consequences of the individual forcing the first check is that the...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D General 2014 vs 2024: Monster HP and Resistances.I think by "art" we mean "let's make up some number without a backing formula, so that nobody can say whether it's right or wrong ".
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks.As usual, a thread's topic is not expected to survive the second page... If it does, you don't use the group check idea. If I called...
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Li Shenron reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
The way I handle the cascade of "let me try next!" requests after a character fails a check:
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Li Shenron reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
Checks benefit from consequences and time pressures, etc., but I think this misses the point. Players often see an opportunity to throw...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks.It conforms with my intuition as well.
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Li Shenron reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
Found it. Though, I slightly misremembered; if everyone in the group has a better than 50% chance of success on the task, then adding...
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Li Shenron reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
It’s not a new group check, it’s making your failure retroactively count as your contribution to the group check. You don’t get to...
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Li Shenron reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
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...
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Li Shenron reacted to saviirkad's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
I generally take a stance of no more than two checks for the purpose of game flow and moving forward, with the exception of when the...
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Li Shenron reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
you can show up with a character concept, you just cannot insist on it and might have to tweak or abandon it. The GM did not bring...
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Li Shenron reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks with Like.
I'm interested in reining-in the Chimera. I see this sometimes with skills like Deception and Persuasion. For instance when one...
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Li Shenron replied to the thread D&D General Blending individual checks into group checks.Uhm... I am not sure if it wasn't clear, but I meant 5e group checks, meaning that the group succeed if at least half characters succeed...
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Li Shenron reacted to M_Natas's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
So, my experience at tables so far (obviously a generalization) has been this: Players who arrive with fully planned characters—complete...