So a '1' Always Misses, Right?

[Vraille Darkfang]

1. A '1' always misses.

2. A '1' will occur 5% of the time.

3. One will, therefore miss 5% of the time.

4. Thus it's not MY fault if there is an 'off target' situation in the bath room. It's Gary's Fault for making a '1' always miss. Blame him. Not me.

 

[Crothian]

it's your fault if you don't clean it up.....

 

[reveal]

 

[kenobi65]

A "1" always misses on attack rolls. Are you actually trying to attack the toilet?

Perhaps you should try making skill checks, and taking 10.

 

[WhimsyTheFae]

A "1" always misses on attack rolls. Are you actually trying to attack the toilet?

Perhaps you should try making skill checks, and taking 10.

a) A skill check doesn't fail on a "1", so if you are skilled enough you don't even need to roll (are you saying you aren't skilled enough).

b) Taking 10 makes a few assumptions - time and trial-n-error, which don't necessarily lead to a clean seat (or floor or ceiling)...

I would say to spend a few ranks on the appropriate skill when you next level up.

 

[Dirigible]

But that's no excuse for not trying.

Take Weapon Focus (Micturation).

A True Strike spell can work wonders.

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

A "1" always misses on attack rolls. Are you actually trying to attack the toilet?

Yep. Ranged Attack Rolls Baby! After All, Objects are easier to hit than creatures because they usually don’t move, An object’s Armor Class is equal to 10 + its size modifier + its Dexterity modifier. An inanimate object has not only a Dexterity of 0 (-5 penalty to AC), but also an additional -2 penalty to its AC. Furthermore, if you take a full-round action to line up a shot, you get a +5 bonus on attack rolls with a ranged weapon.

Thus AC 3, with a +5 to hit. I can't miss! Unless I roll a '1' that is.

Perhaps you should try making skill checks, and taking 10.

Ya think I have the Intelligence to sink skill points do ya in useless skill do ya? I mean sure I get that +1 per level for being a human, but in today's society we have to sink a lot of points into all sorts of Knowledge & Profession skills. Plus I don't remember "Aiming" being a Skill in the PHB.

So, it's not my fault, I, upon a rare, very rare (almost nonexistant) weekly basis have a shooting percentage below 100. It's Gary's.

Thus I think Gary should be responsible for cleaning it up. Or maybe Lorrianne Williams, she was the up-front person for TSR for all those years. Then, thinking about it, what is Mrs Williams up to nowdays? Cleaning up Nat '1's doesn't sound too far off.

 

[kenobi65]

Taking 10 makes a few assumptions - time and trial-n-error, which don't necessarily lead to a clean seat (or floor or ceiling)...

I think you're thinking of Taking 20:

Taking 10: When your character is not being threatened or distracted, you may choose to take 10. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, calculate your result as if you had rolled a 10. For many routine tasks, taking 10 makes them automatically successful. Distractions or threats (such as combat) make it impossible for a character to take 10. In most cases, taking 10 is purely a safety measure —you know (or expect) that an average roll will succeed but fear that a poor roll might fail, so you elect to settle for the average roll (a 10). Taking 10 is especially useful in situations where a particularly high roll wouldn’t help.

Taking 20: When you have plenty of time (generally 2 minutes for a skill that can normally be checked in 1 round, one full-round action, or one standard action), you are faced with no threats or distractions, and the skill being attempted carries no penalties for failure, you can take 20. In other words, eventually you will get a 20 on 1d20 if you roll enough times. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, just calculate your result as if you had rolled a 20.

Taking 20 means you are trying until you get it right, and it assumes that you fail many times before succeeding. Taking 20 takes twenty times as long as making a single check would take.

Since taking 20 assumes that the character will fail many times before succeeding, if you did attempt to take 20 on a skill that carries penalties for failure, your character would automatically incur those penalties before he or she could complete the task.

Though I have seen many public restrooms in which it was clear that someone Took 20.

 

[MadMaxim]

I would say to spend a few ranks on the appropriate skill when you next level up.

What skill would that be? Use Rope, Escape Artist or Balance...?

 

[kenobi65]

What skill would that be? Use Rope, Escape Artist or Balance...?

Handle Animal.