Bae'zel
Adventurer
A common bit of advice I've read on RPG blogs and fora over the past decade has been: "rolling to fail; don't ask for too many unecessary rolls; let it Ride". As in, the more times you call for rolls for the same action (eg, make multiple stealth checks in a single location against a single enemy) you're statistically leading to a failure, even with great character skill (the Tyranny of the d20 means rolling a 1 is super common).
It seems like WotC took that advice to heart and tried to reduce the amount of rolling for Stealth. It makes sense to me, but I guess if people don't like that, go for making multiple rolls. Just don't be surprised when the characters eventually fail... unless that is what you're hoping will happen to create conflict and drama.
When I'm a player, I get frustrated at too many dice rolls (eg, roll stealth to approach the farm, roll again to cross the field, roll again to hide from the watchful guard, roll again to enter the window...etc) Like, it felt lilke the DM WANTED me to fail.
I'd have rathered just roll once, let it ride, and only roll again if the situation changed drastically (eg "someone turned on the lights! You're now out in the open, quick, find something to hide behind"). That may be more of a DMing style issue though.
It seems like WotC took that advice to heart and tried to reduce the amount of rolling for Stealth. It makes sense to me, but I guess if people don't like that, go for making multiple rolls. Just don't be surprised when the characters eventually fail... unless that is what you're hoping will happen to create conflict and drama.
When I'm a player, I get frustrated at too many dice rolls (eg, roll stealth to approach the farm, roll again to cross the field, roll again to hide from the watchful guard, roll again to enter the window...etc) Like, it felt lilke the DM WANTED me to fail.
I'd have rathered just roll once, let it ride, and only roll again if the situation changed drastically (eg "someone turned on the lights! You're now out in the open, quick, find something to hide behind"). That may be more of a DMing style issue though.