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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 2892745" data-attributes="member: 1465">I know that D&amp;D is for many groups a game of action. But it all depends on the DC. Some rough examples:A result of 10 could be enough to know that the victim died of weapon wounds, choke, crushed or drown; it would also tell if it's been dead for weeks, days, hours or minutes.A result of 15 may tell which weapon type (spear, sword), and may reveal it was poisoned or killed with a spell.A result of 20 may tell the exact weapon (longspear, short sword), estimate the strength and heights of the killer , and tell which poison (if not rare)....A result of 30 (most likely from an autopsy) would reveal a possible race and gender of the killer, the exact time of death, and more details.It's not that your PC would use the option. But there may just exist the possibility of bringing the body to someone if investigation is really necessary (and probably in a lab, you'll get +4 circumstance).I like the idea of disallowing retry however (but I'd restrict it to 1 retry per day instead of outright banning), it is much simpler if you don't need the autopsy option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 2892745, member: 1465"] I know that D&D is for many groups a game of action. But it all depends on the DC. Some rough examples: A result of 10 could be enough to know that the victim died of weapon wounds, choke, crushed or drown; it would also tell if it's been dead for weeks, days, hours or minutes. A result of 15 may tell which weapon type (spear, sword), and may reveal it was poisoned or killed with a spell. A result of 20 may tell the exact weapon (longspear, short sword), estimate the strength and heights of the killer , and tell which poison (if not rare). ... A result of 30 (most likely from an autopsy) would reveal a possible race and gender of the killer, the exact time of death, and more details. It's not that your PC would use the option. But there may just exist the possibility of bringing the body to someone if investigation is really necessary (and probably in a lab, you'll get +4 circumstance). I like the idea of disallowing retry however (but I'd restrict it to 1 retry per day instead of outright banning), it is much simpler if you don't need the autopsy option. [/QUOTE]

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