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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8951360" data-attributes="member: 6987520">I disagree. When the PC talks to the NPC and wants a lift, I DECIDE where the NPC is going, not the dice... So, when you DM maybe you don't know where every NPC is going--I do.Or full success could represent the NPC simply being willing to give the PC a lift.(bold) It does though.The PC doesn't have a fixed value for every Charisma (Persuasion) check, if they did it would just be 10+CHA mod+ proficiency (if proficient). The roll determines how well that particular attempt goes and how the NPC reacts to it. The "luck" is how the PC might be feeling and thus influences how they react.If you see it that way, that's up to you.  <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging    :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />For me, the goal is to get the NPC to help as much as they can. In this case, they can take the PC part of the way. Sure, the ultimate goal for the PC is to get to the location, but that could involve several different things--getting lifts from multiple NPCs, working as a guard for a caravan, having to walk part of the way, etc.The DM decides it based on the adventure they want to run for the players??? That is how I do it.If I want to "fast forward" to Port Fairy, the NPC can take them all the way. If I want them to interact with other encounters/NPCs before they get there, the NPC can only take them part of the way.Not really. All the die roll tells us (again) is binary: hit or miss. It tells us nothing about if the NPC's shield blocked a failed attack, or the NPC dodged or parried it, or perhaps was really "hit" but without appreciable damage.Seriously, you expect me to read all that!?! Yeah, I don't think so--it is not that important to me.Good for you. It is strange to me. And FWIW, I also played OA and had honor, families, birthrights, etc. But 5E doesn't.  <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging    :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> And frankly, it was pretty boring for me. But hey, tastes differ and if you like it, more power to you. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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