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<blockquote data-quote="1Mac" data-source="post: 4847890" data-attributes="member: 48998">I just started a quasi-4e game that does what the OP suggests, where the PCs roll everything: attacks, defenses, skills, etc. I just add 10 to every NPC score and make that the static DC (ties go to the NPC, since the average roll on a d20 is actually 10.5). I haven't had a chance to try it in combat, but it works pretty well with skill checks. The only unusual thing is that skill results are less &quot;swingy,&quot; since I changed the system from &quot;random vs random&quot; to &quot;random vs static.&quot; Since d20 combat as written is already &quot;random vs static,&quot; I expect no difficulties.Of course the DM is doing things, like deciding what the NPCs do, what powers they use, what tactics they use, and so on. The only thing he is not doing is rolling a die, the result of which is by definition out of the DM's hands anyway, since the result is random. The DM has just as much actual power whether he rolls dice or not.The way I'm doing it, a critical failure on a defense roll means that the attacker-NPC scored a critical hit. That seems rather intuitive to me.edit: one word can change the meaning of a sentence entirely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="1Mac, post: 4847890, member: 48998"] I just started a quasi-4e game that does what the OP suggests, where the PCs roll everything: attacks, defenses, skills, etc. I just add 10 to every NPC score and make that the static DC (ties go to the NPC, since the average roll on a d20 is actually 10.5). I haven't had a chance to try it in combat, but it works pretty well with skill checks. The only unusual thing is that skill results are less "swingy," since I changed the system from "random vs random" to "random vs static." Since d20 [I]combat[/I] as written is already "random vs static," I expect no difficulties. Of course the DM is doing things, like deciding what the NPCs do, what powers they use, what tactics they use, and so on. The only thing he is not doing is rolling a die, the result of which is by definition out of the DM's hands anyway, since the result is random. The DM has just as much actual power whether he rolls dice or not. The way I'm doing it, a critical failure on a defense roll means that the attacker-NPC scored a critical hit. That seems rather intuitive to me. edit: one word can change the meaning of a sentence entirely. [/QUOTE]

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