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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HammerMan" data-source="post: 8504980" data-attributes="member: 84112">in your mind is there never a time when there is nothing at stake AND something can be uncertain? or is it that you have a way OTHER THEN THE ROLL to solve for uncertainty in cases with minor or no stakes?I have a friend who is a trained magician (not just slide of hand but that's part of it) and he was doing card tricks when me and his older brother were in HS. I have another friend that fancies himself a poker expert (he does win some good money at the casino, but not enough to do much). Me and most of my buddies know how to play poker... those two though only want to play for money...ever. on more then one occasion as a 'game night' we have tried poker (normally it's board games) but only if those two are not there... because game night to us is things of no consequences so no real stakes. We split some chips up among us, if someone runs out we just redistribute the chips (sometimes we remember to not use all of them) we don't keep track we just play and joke... I relate the above because sometimes you use skill and luck for things that are uncertain in real life with little to no stakes. From a (long ago) game We had a player who wanted to try to sneak past a bunch of people... he knew that 2 off duity guards were among them, and so there WAS a chance he would be spotted... there was no NEED to sneak, we could just decide yes/no or we can roll... I wonder though, in your mind if this was 5e how would you handle an uncertain moment with no stakes?</blockquote>

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