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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8566454" data-attributes="member: 6921763">Indeed, I'd argue adjudications - auto-success or otherwise - should be made based on the PC's approach to a challenge rather than on the DM's conception of the PC's stats.Further, what really is the problem, as a player, with another party member succeeding at the Thing even if they weren't the obvious choice for being the one most likely to succeed at said Thing?  Isn't that a benefit to the whole party?  Put another way:  If the DM, and the other players, are making sure that spotlight time is being shared, what harm is really being done when the dumb Barbarian solves a few puzzles over the course of campaign?</blockquote>