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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8691714" data-attributes="member: 6915329">Wrong.A natural 1 on an attack roll is always a failure, no matter what. Even if the roll would otherwise be high enough to hit the target because of other modifiers, a natural 1 is always a failure.A natural 1 on a death saving throw counts as two failures. A halfling will never have to worry about any of these things. Because they have the Lucky trait, which allows them to reroll 1s.And while a natural 1 is not an auto-fail on a skill check or saving throw, I'm pretty sure that a large percentage of tables would say it is. Which means that halflings don't have to worry about that, either.Nope. Because you don't require an elf roleplay Fey Ancestry and you don't require a dwarf to roleplay knowing how to use brewer's tools. So why would you require a halfling to roleplay an equally passive trait? Lucky is no different than any other trait. For some reason, you just think it has to be.Halflings are Lucky. That is the name of a trait that gives them a specific ability. They don't have to also be lucky in the sense that they find lost coins everywhere or manage to prevent the king from being killed and their friends from being framed. Would you complain as much if the name of the trait was &quot;Reroll 1s&quot; instead?They are brave. But they do not have the Brave trait. Those are two separate things. The trait Brave gives the advantage on saving throws against being frightened. It has nothing to do with how courageous they are. It's just a name.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8691714, member: 6915329"] [I]Wrong.[/I] A natural 1 on an attack roll is always a failure, no matter what. Even if the roll would otherwise be high enough to hit the target because of other modifiers, a natural 1 is always a failure. A natural 1 on a death saving throw counts as two failures. A halfling will never have to worry about any of these things. Because they have the Lucky trait, which allows them to reroll 1s. And while a natural 1 is not an auto-fail on a skill check or saving throw, I'm pretty sure that a large percentage of tables would say it is. Which means that halflings don't have to worry about that, either. Nope. Because you don't require an elf roleplay Fey Ancestry and you don't require a dwarf to roleplay knowing how to use brewer's tools. So why would you require a halfling to roleplay an equally passive trait? Lucky is [I]no different [/I]than any other trait. For some reason, you just think it has to be. Halflings are Lucky. That is the name of a trait that gives them a specific ability. They don't have to also be lucky in the sense that they find lost coins everywhere or manage to prevent the king from being killed and their friends from being framed. Would you complain as much if the name of the trait was "Reroll 1s" instead? They are brave. But they do not have the Brave trait. Those are two separate things. The trait Brave gives the advantage on saving throws against being frightened. It has nothing to do with how courageous they are. It's just a name. [/QUOTE]

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