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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7239556" data-attributes="member: 53980">You can have auto fail on a 1 and auto success on a 20 without the things you suggest. The DM just needs a modicum of common sense.Want to jump over the moon? Sorry, I don't care what your bonus is, under normal circumstances not gonna happen.Want to jump over a pebble? Okay, barring something really weird, you just succeed (no roll).However, I don't like the idea that your rogue could sneak through a court yard filled with minimal cover patrolled by a hundred (or a thousand) guards proficient in stealth but without a wisdom bonus (+2 perception) without any possible chance of failure. Sorry, not going to happen at my table. The rogue will have an excellent chance for success, but on  a natural 1 he will fail because he is attempting something that would be nearly impossible for a lesser character. I think 5% chance to fail is quite reasonable in that scenario. Conversely, if Grog the barbarian is trying to kick down an ordinary door, it's not a question of whether or not he will succeed, just whether he can do it in a single kick (potential surprise) or not (enemy will have weapons drawn). If there are no creatures in the vicinity, I wouldn't even have him roll, since success is a foregone conclusion.</blockquote>