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rmcoen reacted to Shades of Eternity's post in the thread D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone. with
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Nobody ever uses them beyond a speed bump, and honestly, I'd rather play a gargoyle over an aarakocra as a pc. so here's a quick... -
rmcoen replied to the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them?.In COMBAT, nat20 always hits - but if you needed a 20 or more to hit, then the nat20 isn't a "crit", it's just a hit. A nat1 always...
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rmcoen reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with
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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... -
rmcoen 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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rmcoen reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
There seems to be a divergence between a ttrpg folk tradition of spectacular crits and fumbles and what most actual game designers want...
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rmcoen reacted to aco175's post in the thread Natural 20/1 Crit fails and Crit successes, How do you handle them? with Like.
In earlier editions of D&D we used this more than we do now. With 5e we have the 20 as a crit success with the double damage and a 1 as...
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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 Like.
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...
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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...