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<blockquote data-quote="Agamon" data-source="post: 6370655" data-attributes="member: 184"><p>I started a thread concerning this when the Basic rules came out. My main issue was not letting the PC try any more after one check, that just felt silly to me. Now that I see how the passive check rule works, that's fine for me. The way I'm playing it: a single roll is your best attempt at doing what you need to do, anything beyond that is using the passive score of the skill. So, if you roll low, you might still get past the obstacle if it's not that hard and spend some extra time doing it. Otherwise, you're just not good enough.</p><p></p><p>If you allow constant rerolls, DCs for rope, manacles, locks, etc are far too low.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agamon, post: 6370655, member: 184"] I started a thread concerning this when the Basic rules came out. My main issue was not letting the PC try any more after one check, that just felt silly to me. Now that I see how the passive check rule works, that's fine for me. The way I'm playing it: a single roll is your best attempt at doing what you need to do, anything beyond that is using the passive score of the skill. So, if you roll low, you might still get past the obstacle if it's not that hard and spend some extra time doing it. Otherwise, you're just not good enough. If you allow constant rerolls, DCs for rope, manacles, locks, etc are far too low. [/QUOTE]
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