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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8481145" data-attributes="member: 6921763">Good.&nbsp; I appreciate that.You have this backwards.&nbsp; You need to show evidence that you are right.&nbsp; So far, you have not done a great job of &quot;showing the math&quot;.&nbsp; Show us where the rules explicitly detail, in actual words, how an ability check result gives the DM and players the degree of any particular result.&nbsp; Not just success/failure, but that the number on the dice means how well as task was accomplished.&nbsp; In other words, where it tells us that, for example, a high roll means the orc was terrifyingly intimidating and a low roll means the orc was laughably inept.&nbsp; Where are these rules and guidance?&nbsp; Hint: it is not the DC.&nbsp; The DC is a number which must be matched or beaten to succeed at an ability check.&nbsp; The fact that there are no critical successes or critical failures should also clue a reader in to the fact that the number on the dice does not give us any type of degree by the rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8481145, member: 6921763"] Good. I appreciate that. You have this backwards. You need to show evidence that you are [I]right[/I]. So far, you have not done a great job of "showing the math". Show us where the rules explicitly detail, in actual words, how an ability check result gives the DM and players the [I]degree [/I]of any particular result. Not just success/failure, but that the number on the dice means how well as task was accomplished. In other words, where it tells us that, for example, a high roll means the orc was terrifyingly intimidating and a low roll means the orc was laughably inept. Where are these rules and guidance? Hint: it is not the DC. The DC is a number which must be matched or beaten to succeed at an ability check. The fact that there are no critical successes or critical failures should also clue a reader in to the fact that the number on the dice does not give us any type of degree by the rules. [/QUOTE]

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