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<blockquote data-quote="Paraxis" data-source="post: 6370444" data-attributes="member: 13009">The RAW answer is they don't mention it, so yes you can try as many times as you want.Now, the question you have to ask yourself as a DM is what is the penalty for failure?Before I ask a player to roll a check I know two things, what interesting thing happens if the check is successful, and what interesting thing happens if it is a failure?Why are they checking to pick the lock on the door?&nbsp; If there is no time pressure, trap, alarm, or combat going on just don't have them roll.Also just want to say something as often as I can because it drives me nuts.&nbsp; There is no crit fail system in D&amp;D, not this edition, not any edition, except as optional rules in one DMG sidebar and a very old Dragon Magazine article.&nbsp; In fact, in 5e like most editions a '1' on the d20 is only an auto miss in combat, with a skill check if the DC is low enough and your modifier is high enough a '1' can succeed but again in that case why bother asking for a check, just tell the expert he does his thing and move the story forward.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paraxis, post: 6370444, member: 13009"] The RAW answer is they don't mention it, so yes you can try as many times as you want. Now, the question you have to ask yourself as a DM is what is the penalty for failure? Before I ask a player to roll a check I know two things, what interesting thing happens if the check is successful, and what interesting thing happens if it is a failure? Why are they checking to pick the lock on the door? If there is no time pressure, trap, alarm, or combat going on just don't have them roll. Also just want to say something as often as I can because it drives me nuts. There is no crit fail system in D&D, not this edition, not any edition, except as optional rules in one DMG sidebar and a very old Dragon Magazine article. In fact, in 5e like most editions a '1' on the d20 is only an auto miss in combat, with a skill check if the DC is low enough and your modifier is high enough a '1' can succeed but again in that case why bother asking for a check, just tell the expert he does his thing and move the story forward. [/QUOTE]

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