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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9262126" data-attributes="member: 6790260">That's the exact problem. It means that, any time it's even vaguely &quot;well...this should require SOME kind of check...&quot; it immediately defaults to Medium. Meaning, as soon as you actually need skill rolls, you need to be a specialist just to have a modicum of success, let alone actually consistent success.I just think it's stupid that the best possible expert fails around a quarter to a third of the time on tasks that are only moderately challenging.I have yet to see favorable circumstances apply to players. Maybe--if you have a truly excellent plan and a thorough explanation of exactly how impressive your effort is--maybe you'll be graced with Advantage. That's about it. I haven't seen DMs so tight-fisted with bonuses/benefits/favorable circumstances since I played Labyrinth Lord.And, for the record? If you're rolling at +2, even with Advantage, you still fail more than a third of the time (36%, to be precise.) Even if the DM is outright breaking the rules and adding the prior-edition DM's Best Friend (+2 for a favorable situation on top of Advantage), you're still failing that &quot;Medium&quot; check 25% of the time!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9262126, member: 6790260"] That's the exact problem. It means that, any time it's even vaguely "well...this should require SOME kind of check..." it [I]immediately[/I] defaults to Medium. Meaning, as soon as you actually need skill rolls, you need to be a specialist just to have a modicum of success, let alone actually consistent success. I just think it's stupid that the [I]best possible expert[/I] fails around a quarter to a third of the time on tasks that are only [I]moderately[/I] challenging. I have yet to see favorable circumstances apply to players. Maybe--if you have a truly excellent plan and a thorough explanation of exactly how impressive your effort is--[I]maybe[/I] you'll be graced with Advantage. That's about it. I haven't seen DMs so tight-fisted with bonuses/benefits/favorable circumstances since I played Labyrinth Lord. And, for the record? If you're rolling at +2, even with Advantage, [I]you still fail more than a third of the time[/I] (36%, to be precise.) Even if the DM is outright breaking the rules and adding the prior-edition DM's Best Friend (+2 for a favorable situation [I]on top of[/I] Advantage), you're still failing that "Medium" check 25% of the time! [/QUOTE]

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