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That's awesome. I loved the story about your grandfather. My father had a light show called the Brotherhood of Light in the late 60's/early 70's. He partied with and was on a first name basis with The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and many other big names of the day. His lightshow was one of...

This is me when either my son or wife thought it would be funny for me to wear one of her ice packs.

Holy cow! Did you take a running start at that gas meter?

It's also a Strawman as nobody has said or even implied that many rolls would be necessary, especially the ridiculous ones you tossed in for good measure. :rolleyes: I've already quoted what the skill consists of, per the 1e rules. It's a light touch and sleight of hand. Page 27 of the 1e PHB.

The DM narrated the rough and rocky terrain, which obviously includes ridges. If the players wanted to stay away from ridges, it would be difficult, but they might be able to do so. They should have told the DM that. The ridge wasn't retroactively added. It already existed in the area and...

In 5e surprised based entirely in established play. It seems like @pemerton doesn't really understand the 5e surprise rules, either.

Except that I showed that they don't. The terrain, darkness, etc. will already have been narrated, so nothing involves retrofitting unless the DM screwed up.

It doesn't really matter what Edwards calls it. A simulation simulates something real in some manner. It may not be all that accurate, but it doesn't have to be. Someone who is into simulation would want the world to be a bit more realistic than D&D typically is, and would want the world to...

This is semantics. Someone successfully saving against a fireball(the caster missed) and being damaged anyway, is essentially the same someone successfully getting out of the way of a sword swing(the fighter missed) and being damaged anyway. Saving throws usually completely negate(cause to...

This is incorrect. Hit points simulate durability in combat. Let's say that I am in a fist fight with someone. I might throw a punch, but slip a little and just miss connecting with his jaw. He is hit and takes 2 points of luck hit point damage. Then he throws a punch which I narrowly...

This is conflating ideas. We're talking about an unrelated or distantly related skill roll determining that something bad will or will not happen. We are not saying that a party being stealthy as they travel might not be able to avoid some encounters through that skill. Basically, we're saying...

I do that, but only very rarely. Like when two characters have similar proficient skill numbers, but one of them grew up in a location where the information was more prevalent. That one will have a lower DC. As a general rule, though, I don't use different DC numbers for the same task. If I...

Ask the guy who messed up his history roll and was eaten by a lion.

I think they call that marriage. :eek:

I would use stealth for being quiet while picking the lock.

Yeah. I mentioned this in a different thread recently. Damage on a miss with weapons bugs the hell out of me, but damage on a miss with spells is perfectly fine. I'm not sure if that's because it's how it was back during 1e when I started playing, or maybe it's because magic, or maybe...

I don't see roll under systems that way. It's not so much different DCs based on who is attempting it, but more like on PC having more skill than another. So if someone had a 10 in a stat and had to roll under it on 2d6, he would be more skilled than the guy with 7 in that same stat and had to...

If the system is different than d20, I don't mind it at all. It's sufficiently different. For d20 games, it bugs the hell out of me because I've played it the opposite way for decades. The lone exception to that was the 2e psionics rules, which involved rolling under a specific stat.