What happens when you roll. . . a zero?

[Fenris]

Hey Nakia,
Look on the bright side, what ever evil Wulf does to you, you get an action point for!
Fenris

 

[nakia]

Hey Nakia,
Look on the bright side, what ever evil Wulf does to you, you get an action point for!
Fenris

Good point, although an action point for being blinded seems like a bad trade.

 

[billd91]

So you rolled a 0 on a spot check? You notice anything that has a DC 0 to be noticed.
Anything with a DC 1 or better went utterly unnoticed.

That's it. There aren't any fumbles with skill checks in D&D, just unhelpful results. He probably sees the layout of the temple reasonably well, since that's all out in the open. But anything reasonably competent at hiding, not so much.

Note that with a 0 spot, he's still got a very good chance of seeing many creatures of Gargantuan and Colossal size that are actually trying to hide since they get -12 and -16 on their hide checks respectively due to size. So that colossal great wyrm red dragon trying to hide in the temple? If that dragon rolls < 17 on his hide die, your character has noticed him.
I guess there ARE some things that are as plain as the nose on your face...

 

[Fenris]

Note that with a 0 spot, he's still got a very good chance of seeing many creatures of Gargantuan and Colossal size that are actually trying to hide since they get -12 and -16 on their hide checks respectively due to size. So that colossal great wyrm red dragon trying to hide in the temple? If that dragon rolls < 17 on his hide die, your character has noticed him.
I guess there ARE some things that are as plain as the nose on your face...

'cept we're in a 30' x 30' room. Poor Nak didn't even notice US!

 

[was]

You looked up too quickly and got dizzy.

 

[Conaill]

You fail to notice the viper sneeking up your pants.

Did I mention this was an Awakened 5th level Rogue Viper?

With Wounding Jaw +5 of Flaming, Shocking, Thundering, Unholy, & Sharpness.

Oh, he's got a 35 Strenght too.

Let roll to see if he Crits.

Gee, that's quite the trouser snake!




Oh, come on... somebody had to say it!

 

[sniffles]

Other PCs: "gasp!"
Nakia's PC: "This wall is really, um.... stony. What?"

 

[Yalius]

Maybe this?

 

[MonkeyDragon]

"Whoa! I've got TWO feet?!"

 

[FireLance]

Maybe this?

Yup, I was thinking of that, too.