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<blockquote data-quote="windman68" data-source="post: 4848943" data-attributes="member: 84050"><p>Actually the Paly <strong><em>is</em></strong> contributing quite a bit to the Rangers success or failure by <strong>assisting</strong> in holding his shield as a platform for the Ranger, not <em>tumbling through his space, 2 </em>characters are involved with one action, one making the move and the other assisting, so in fact - it requires an additional check by the Paly to keep from falling backwards from the force or to assist in giving a boost. Hell, some skills require more than that to succeed. Skill checks are put in the game for a reason, to make it challenging, but some people overlook them and shun them on for one reason or another, and if that works for them , more power to them, but as a DM, that's part of the job, to keep it challenging, otherwise players get that "<em>My DM will let me do it"</em> attitude, players need to keep in mind that there could be consequences behind every action, it keeps them on their toes, keeps them thinking. I agree however in which not everything has to be checked, but in instance like this, I would require it by both players. Besides, isn't kinda fun to be able to use your dice for other things rather than just att & dmg rolls?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="windman68, post: 4848943, member: 84050"] Actually the Paly [B][I]is[/I][/B] contributing quite a bit to the Rangers success or failure by [B]assisting[/B] in holding his shield as a platform for the Ranger, not [I]tumbling through his space, 2 [/I]characters are involved with one action, one making the move and the other assisting, so in fact - it requires an additional check by the Paly to keep from falling backwards from the force or to assist in giving a boost. Hell, some skills require more than that to succeed. Skill checks are put in the game for a reason, to make it challenging, but some people overlook them and shun them on for one reason or another, and if that works for them , more power to them, but as a DM, that's part of the job, to keep it challenging, otherwise players get that "[I]My DM will let me do it"[/I] attitude, players need to keep in mind that there could be consequences behind every action, it keeps them on their toes, keeps them thinking. I agree however in which not everything has to be checked, but in instance like this, I would require it by both players. Besides, isn't kinda fun to be able to use your dice for other things rather than just att & dmg rolls?;) [/QUOTE]
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