I think there's a difference, but it's hard to articulate precisely why.A chance of success = a chance of failure, and vice versa. You can't have one without the other or it's automatically success or failure and no roll is called for.![]()
I think there's a difference, but it's hard to articulate precisely why.A chance of success = a chance of failure, and vice versa. You can't have one without the other or it's automatically success or failure and no roll is called for.![]()
The only difference I can see deals with which one has the greatest chance of happening. If I phrase it as, "There is a chance of failure," that implies that the PC is very likely to succeed. If I phrase it as, "There is a chance of success," that implies that the PC will most likely fail. There's still a chance for both success and failure with each phrasing, but there is that difference.I think there's a difference, but it's hard to articulate precisely why.
There's a rule to never set a DC higher than 30 or lower than 5. It straight up tells the DM not to.Don’t wanna open the document again, isn’t there a clause that you can only get a crit roll if the dc is between 5 and 30?
I don't mean so much as a statement but as a philosophy. In other words, I tend toward "saying yes" and if I ask for a roll ot means that yes isn't certain. It's more optimistic, I guess? Like I said, it's hard to explainThe only difference I can see deals with which one has the greatest chance of happening. If I phrase it as, "There is a chance of failure," that implies that the PC is very likely to succeed. If I phrase it as, "There is a chance of success," that implies that the PC will most likely fail. There's still a chance for both success and failure with each phrasing, but there is that difference.
So, the quest is to get an AC of 31..."The DM determines whether a d20 Test is warranted in any given circumstance. To be warranted, a d20 Test must have a target number no less than 5 and no greater than 30"
I’d quibble that this isn’t technically “do not use DCs outside this range”, but it’s close enough.There's a rule to never set a DC higher than 30 or lower than 5. It straight up tells the DM not to.
"The DM determines whether a d20 Test is warranted in any given circumstance. To be warranted, a d20 Test must have a target number no less than 5 and no greater than 30"