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rmcoen reacted to Piperken's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with
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Most of the time a crit fail/crit success results in a very favorable or very unfavorable occurrence in the fiction. One time a player... -
rmcoen reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
I generally avoid making "crits" too big of a deal. I will use the rules for them if they exist, but I try not to extend it to skill...
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rmcoen reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
In a d20 system, a natural 1 is usually always a fail and a natural 20 is usually always a success; though I skip rolling if I think the...
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rmcoen reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
I run too many different systems to have a single answer to that. I don't usually house rule critical successes or failures - I just...
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rmcoen replied to the thread Should traps have tells?.From a "defend my place" perspective, traps are meant to discourage or kill intruders when you aren't there, or supplement your defense...
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From a game perspective, yes, of course traps should have tells. These are games about choices. Without choices to make, traps are just...
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I like involved set-piece encounter traps that run like monsters, except the solution isn't (at least, not always) to just "hit it until...
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100% agree. Give the players choices at some point in the process. Part of that might be letting them know there is a trap and let them...
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Yes and no. It depends what you’re using them for. But the essence is that a trap is meant to be interacted with. That’s the key thing...
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I think they’re more fun if they can be spotted, figured out, and circumvented by clever thinking rather than ability checks. The...
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In 5e Classic Eldritch Knights didn't get arcane foci of any kind, much less get to use their weapon as one. They used component...
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Seems like that would make sense to for the War Bond weapon(s) be usable as an Arcane Focus, but Arcane Tricksters also have no method...
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Draw a schematic as you go in theater of the mind. Detail combat areas when needed. I usually do this on the battle mat in the middle of...
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This is another thing im an outlier on. I have found its going to be more struggle than its worth giving this task to the players...
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Small complex few rooms? Draw it out on the grid map as they go. Logic: Good visuals, no need for character mapping it was so small...