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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Esker" data-source="post: 7644327" data-attributes="member: 6966824">I'm not talking about the GM's prerogative to set the difficulty of a task; I'm coming from the GM's perspective here. For static checks vs DC, they can always tune the success rate by increasing or decreasing the DC. But for the opposed check mechanic, they don't really have any levers available to them, apart from granting advantage or disadvantage to one side. I love advantage and disadvantage as a mechanic in general, but using it on an opposed check merely because one side has a higher modifier would be really clunky. The 2d10 mechanic makes opposed checks work more like I'd expect them to as a GM without messing with modifiers. Even better, leave both types of rolls available as options. Then the GM can call for 2d10 when they want skill to play a greater role, and 1d20 when they want luck to play a greater role. They could even have reasons to have one side roll a d20 while the other rolls 2d10.</blockquote>