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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 3088014" data-attributes="member: 11">Personally, I am a circumstance modifying fiend!  <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=":)" /> I am always giving a bonus or penalty here  and there for all sorts of conditions, or just little rare "common sense" things that the rules don't specifically cover.Okay, I shouldn't say "always", but every few sessions something comes up and I never hesitate to make an ad hoc ruling about much more easy or difficult something is.I might give a circumstance penalty to a Reflex save if made on the edge of a cliff.I might give a circumstance penalty for a grapple check if you just climbed out of a mud bog (on the flip side I might give a bonus to your escape artist check if you are greased up like that).I might give a circumstance bonus to some skill check if the player is clever/creative in describing how they use it - or has access to some normally unavailable resource to complete the task at hand.I might give a circumstance penalty for a bluff check for a child lying to a parent (they always know <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />), or a one-time bonus for that same parent to attack someone harming their children.Etc. . .Etc. . .How often do you apply ad hoc circumstance modifiers as a DM?  What are some examples? How do your players react to them?</blockquote>

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