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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8195941" data-attributes="member: 7019027">Skill checks are only for when randomness/luck/variability is a factor. If its not a factor, you do not make a skill check. Not really, because not everything that exerts a struggle requires a skill check. Nope, because they obviously have not/did not study everything. They may have studied a wide berth of subjects as a sage in a vast library, but its not likely they've retained every single facet of that knowledge and fully comprehended it at a 17 intelligence. Plus, you can just say that character concept isn't compatible with the campaign. Obviously if they're trying to get a rise on you, you don't have to sit back and let them. Again, the DM decides if the contest requires luck or not. You only roll when there isn't a clear answer. If you think that a wizard can beat a barbarian in an arm wrestling, then you'll have to justify why the odds aren't overwhelmingly in the barbarian's favor. Perhaps the Wizard noticed that the Barbarian had bad leverage as well as some other advantageous factors that lead them to victory. Likewise, a barbarian may beat a wizard in chess if the wizard had gotten distracted and made such a poorly made move that it cost him the game. Either way, the DM makes the bed that they must lay in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 8195941, member: 7019027"] Skill checks are only for when randomness/luck/variability is a factor. If its not a factor, you do not make a skill check. Not really, because not everything that exerts a struggle requires a skill check. Nope, because they obviously have not/did not study everything. They may have studied a wide berth of subjects as a sage in a vast library, but its not likely they've retained every single facet of that knowledge and fully comprehended it at a 17 intelligence. Plus, you can just say that character concept isn't compatible with the campaign. Obviously if they're trying to get a rise on you, you don't have to sit back and let them. Again, the DM decides if the contest requires luck or not. You only roll when there isn't a clear answer. If you think that a wizard can beat a barbarian in an arm wrestling, then you'll have to justify why the odds aren't overwhelmingly in the barbarian's favor. Perhaps the Wizard noticed that the Barbarian had bad leverage as well as some other advantageous factors that lead them to victory. Likewise, a barbarian may beat a wizard in chess if the wizard had gotten distracted and made such a poorly made move that it cost him the game. Either way, the DM makes the bed that they must lay in. [/QUOTE]

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