Recent content by Veteran Sergeant

But that's still the problem. You shouldn't be testing tasks with effectively no chance for meaningful failure. The game doesn't intend for you to do it. That is nothing more than a waste of everyone's time. Just suggesting those examples implies a disconnect with the intent of Skill Checks. A...

I guess it just requires the believe that PCs are supposed to Auto Succeed at things at some point and that the possibility of failure is something to be avoided. Seems like that removes any sense of jeopardy and renders the idea of making the check irrelevant in the first place, but hey. There...

I've never bought into the idea what "D&D" is as it changes every edition. Older editions of D&D were definitely "low magic" compared to 5th Edition at low levels. That doesn't make them the soy milk of D&D. So the idea that down-tuning D&D means it is no longer D&D is patently absurd. It...

Outside of the occasional Athletics check for the Wizard or the Rogue, is this actually happening in any games you play? This sound very theoretical and not actually practical. If a group is getting killed because they made such terrible characters that nobody in the party can accomplish basic...

Honestly, Shadowrun plays almost identically without magic, because magic essentially functions in Shadowrun as a Measure/Countermeasure. You need magic because the other guys have magic and if you don't have magic, you're boned. Given how advanced the technology was in Shadowrun, and only got...