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Most actions in DH require rolls because it is part of the metacurrency balance. It seems strange that you were able to do a bunch of stuff and not have to roll.

Weren't you also making spellcasting rolls?

I think what @billd91 was saying was that if they PC could conceivably do it with a roll (the DC is less than 20+the PC's modifiers) and there is neither danger nor time constraints, they can just do it. Basically the old Taking 20 rule.

The "within their ability" bit in what you quoted is important. Someone put the lock on the door or chest to stop people of X ability or less from getting in. Chances are, they also had sentries or other guardians. Also, it is worth remember that this is a game and sometimes a lock is there for...

Sounds like you should run your combats like a skill check: one roll decides it. At least it would be over faster.

I am legitimately surprised they did no build in solos as phased bosses in the game as core. It seems obvious, especially when you consider the colossus design.

The big problem with solos are that are mis-named. If they were called "bosses" they wouldn't feel so much like failed design (because bosses always have lieutenants and minions around).

I did not get the impression that any of this was about her not knowing the rules, but rather about her trying to make the game work a certain way but just not having the experience yet to do that smoothly. That said, I am a RTFM person. Everyone should, not least the old veteran GMs who think...

Here is my pitch for my second playtest: ---------- Once, long ago, there was a vast techno-magical interstellar civilization: a thousand thousand worlds connected by worldgates, in which countless races lived together in harmony. Among these worlds was Nexius, only recently discovered and...

While that may* be true outside of combat, the number of rolls in combat is equivalent to 5E and that is where most of the Hope and Fear come from. *"May" because this is a stylistic choice, especially for 5E GMs moving to DH.

Does your group do after action reports or otherwise discuss how the game is going away from actual play time? That would be a good time to have an open discussion with everyone. But mostly I agree with @Morrus here -- let her break it a little bit. Enthusiasm is worth a lot and I would be...

That isn't what DH is doing though. They want to make differences in Thresholds and HP meaningful, and the system they settled on does that very well.

I ended up with a lot of fear in my playtest, too, despite spending it constantly because I was rolling so poorly. But one session is not really enough to go by.

Make sure the GM is following the spotlight and fear rules correctly. I have seen some people complaining online and it turns out sometimes the GM is either multi-spotlighting adversaries they should not be allowed to, or is spotlighting all of them for one fear, etc. It is of course possible...

Data in isolation is interesting, but can't tell us much. I would love to this this curve compared to a similar curve for EN World. Maybe overall online engagement for D&D is down. Who knows? I would also like to the various 3PP releases on that chart. Are enough folks going to DNDB for...

Page 37 of the SRD. Well then.

This is blatantly wrong. A failed action roll also hands the spotlight to GM. People really need to RTFM.

I'm sorry. I know that feeling too.

The Ascent?

Necro to say I am finally writing fiction again, working on a novel from a less traditional prose project from before, all based on a song.