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This sounds like a good sfx for something very much like bardic inspiration type abilities. Whether its recalling knowledge about creatures in general or perhaps better spotting and deducing from clues weaknesses about this guy - you grant some doet of bonus or bonus die that can be used to...

Seems to me there needs to be a sub-system to support the various concepts of the design in pactice. "Secret rolls" are (to dome) "good" because they prevent players from having to pretend they dont know they rolled a 2. ( I go differrntvroute but that's neither here nor there.) Combat is...

My general observations on reading these three are: Fighter - I like the idea and the toolkit approach. not as sure i like the size change as opposed to just tougher-stronger etc but thats fine. Ranger - I like the creepy factor (halloween anyone) but i think the extra damage should be...

Well, can you give a few examples of the difference between really and sort of? :)

Quick question - what happens on failure? Is failure just "no recall"? I ask because I find it extremely helpful to use (in other systems) "some progress with setback" on knowledge failures to provide a mix of info - some accurate, some inaccurate incomplete with leads to how to get more (some...

In both cases, in my game, they would be treated much the same. First, there would be the nig decision by the GM of are both pass and fail possible? Assuming it doesnt get auto-success/fail, then the DC is chosen and they roll. In both cases, I tend to use the some setback options giving...

I find it awesome that that is how you see it. It shows there are definitely room fircfifferdnt views and percrptiond. Thanks.

That is certainly an option. I can see its merits. To me tho, it's so very removed from the way it feels in character it's not the choice I prefer. The character sets down to pick the lock, not spending an hour on the lock. For ne, in my games, intake any task that is expected to take more...

One thing to keep in mind is that in 5e ability checks like pickingnlocks are not binary by default - there are three cases described in the base core rule for these checks - success, failure to make progress and some progress with setback. So, it's never required to allow multiple retries. The...

Ok so a non-system ToM answer might be one of these, dependong on style of play. They key on descriptions. 1 Player choice - in these styles of play, the GM goes with "say yes unless there is compelling reason to say no" and so when a player asks about hiding or tries to hide then the GM...

I remember secret rolls as far back as... 80s. Tagging domecdkills as secret by default but also saying others can be if GM chooses seems like a half-measure. I myself am not a fan of rolling anything as GM, do I dont need to do secret rolls and would myself ditch that in PF2 if somehow GMing...

Yeah... I mean, if I take a recipe that "serves four" and cook it " by the revipe" and serve it to a group of eight, I d9nt then claim "thecrecipe isnt right, it's not enough food for a meal." It seemed obvious to me that the CR section and CR etc were *not * telling you what to throw at your...

Need more data to offer more than just generic shots in the dark. Examples of encounters that seemed " too easy"? Party specs - any relevant details. Otherwise it's just flailing in the dark. Like most RPGs the GM is expected to get a handle on party strength thru play and envounters as you...

Agree that the key yo interesting is not in the five but in everything else. Robust, reactive and resilient setups and scenes just let the dice serve as the spices for the scene but the most snd potatoes are the choices. To me one of the many gains from PAR is that I am not finding time on my...

Actually I add AC straight up, but otherwise you are right. Why use AC, why us DC instead of bonus? Becsuse AC and spell save DC are pre-calculsted by the system and shown on the sheets in big font, so by just using those it makes it easier on the players. On my end, as GM, the math is a...

Yes they are hit often. Bounded accuracy does not get involved. No idea where you got the orc DC of 15. "Who rolls to see if a hit occurs" does not change the odds of a hit or miss, just who rolls. Really, it doesnt. PAR keeps the same odds of hit and miss and crit as the usual rules do...

Agreed. To me, I read those baseline statements sndcfie not see it saying "this is how the game should be played" at all. I saw it as "if you do this, this is the expected results." They then even mentioned how it will vary by group. I look at it this way, if I buy a watch, I expect to have...

I dont bother with opposed rolls, I find them tedious and unnecessary. However, I do use PAR - players always roll. So, instead of my monster tolling vs the PC AC, my players roll a D20 + AC to avoid getting hit (taking damage, whstever) when my orc attacks them. Similarly, when my orc would...

We will just have to agree to disagree on these conclusions of yours. I have seen frewuencybof bouncey 20s to be very swingy and unpredictable. As for multi-attack and advantsge, folks already get those if they can, nothing changes there except that now EB gets another boost up on firebolt and...

Having found a number of the key spells readily available in a local market... that gets a bonus when reporting certain sales to said "firemage."