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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Peterson" data-source="post: 7308443" data-attributes="member: 6921367"><p>I think bards might actually have a chance at being better at any given skill than rogues, but at a cost of inspiration dice and that a low roll on the inspiration dice can cause a failure. If the rogue and bard have the same stats and both have expertise then the rogues possible rolls are 27 to 37 where as the bards are 19 to 49. There’s an 8% chance that any chosen number on the d12 is actually rolled. If a 1 is rolled on the d12 the bard needs to roll a 12 or higher on the d20 to make a dc 30.Thats a 55% chance of failure if the d12 rolls a 1. If the d12 rolls a 12 the bard needs to roll a 1 or higher which is a 100% success rate for a dc 30. With reliable talent the rogue has a 50% chance to total a 27 with that being the lowest it can roll that makes it a 100% chance to succeed on all dc 25 or lower and an over all 60% chance to fail at a dc 30 since reliable talent doesn’t re roll it only upgrades the roll to a 10. The rogue would always have to roll at least a 13 to succeed on a dc 30 which is a 40% chance of success. So the rogue has to only worry about dc 30s, but the bard has a potential to do just as well and better even. Though that chance is small.i just don’t know if inspiration dice should be used on a skill roll or ability check. Anything above 30 only increases your success rate for a dc 30 since I’m pretty sure WotC purchased campaigns don’t go higher than 30 since they labeled those as nearly impossible. I suppose a DM could modify that though I don’t see why they would.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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