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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8281207" data-attributes="member: 6704184">Ah, okay. Yeah, same. If a check represents your overall attempt, that means you have tried again. It’s your overall attempt, not an attempt. &nbsp;The point is, the parameters are set before the roll is made, I often ask how much time a character is willing to spend doing soemthing, and you roll for that amount of time spent trying. If you roll very well, we might agree that it took you less time, but otherwise we stick to it. That pre-roll determination includes all the attempts you make before either succeeding, trying a different approach, or giving up.Sure, and if you take some sort of rest, I might allow a second roll. If you try to do that again, you’ll have to describe an actual change in approach or circumstance, or the roll is the roll.&nbsp; Me too. When the approach is chosen, I also tend to call for more than one roll, often with multiple proficiencies, and a lot of player agency wrt what proficiencies can be used. I agree about the d20, but D&amp;D doesn't require binary results, and groups of checks eliminate that swing. I’ll dig more into how I solve for this, and post a play by play of an advwnturing day that is all ability checks and RP with no combat, later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8281207, member: 6704184"] Ah, okay. Yeah, same. If a check represents your overall attempt, that means you have tried again. It’s your [I]overall attempt, [/I]not an attempt. The point is, the parameters are set before the roll is made, I often ask how much time a character is willing to spend doing soemthing, and you roll for that amount of time spent trying. If you roll very well, we might agree that it took you less time, but otherwise we stick to it. That pre-roll determination [I]includes[/I] all the attempts you make before either succeeding, trying a different approach, or giving up. Sure, and if you take some sort of rest, I might allow a second roll. If you try to do that again, you’ll have to describe an actual change in approach or circumstance, or the roll is the roll. Me too. When the approach is chosen, I also tend to call for more than one roll, often with multiple proficiencies, and a lot of player agency wrt what proficiencies can be used. I agree about the d20, but D&D doesn't require binary results, and groups of checks eliminate that swing. I’ll dig more into how I solve for this, and post a play by play of an advwnturing day that is all ability checks and RP with no combat, later. [/QUOTE]

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