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ShortQuests -- Pocket Sized Adventures! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed for 1-2 game sessions.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarauderX" data-source="post: 1400168" data-attributes="member: 9990">I like the idea.  And instead of using ability checks make it a skill check.  I know a few rogues that would agree with this after getting repeatedly swept by a ranger then thumped.  And it adds usefulness to a skill catagory that not many sink any points into.  Game mechanic idea...Balance check vs. DC of trip attempt +10 might be an easy rule.  The tripper rolls a d20, adds in Str, size, etc.  The tripped needs to beat that roll and modifiers +10 to avoid being tripped.  At lower levels the tripped would often fail, but if they sink more skill points into Balance they can roll to avoid the attempt.  Will there be a break point in no one being able to trip the character?  Sure, it would be similar to Tumble IMO, where anyone with 15 ranks can beat a DC 15.  But you have to get those ranks first, and it wouldn't be as easy.  A fighter trips another fighter and has +8 for is trip check.  He rolls a d20 and gets a 19.  Added together it's a 27, then add another 10: DC = 37.  Ouch.  OTOH, a rogue trips another rogue with a +4, and rolls a 2, +10: DC=16.  Not too bad at all if the target rogue has some Dex and ranks in Balance.  Players would have a whole new motivation to sink ranks into the skill.  But it would add some complication to the opposed roll, perhaps slowing down your game a bit more.  Eh, it's worth it IMO.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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