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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 7164570" data-attributes="member: 6787650">I'm generally in favor of DMs using whatever mechanics they want to model things in whatever way is appropriate. 5E can sometimes be myopically focused on just the three canonical types of rolls (attack/ability/save) and it's nice to see DMs thinking out of the box. If you were my DM and you said, "Conjure Volley is now an AC save", I'd be fine with it once I understood what an AC save was and how it works. (If I were running it though I would probably make Dex save proficiency not apply to AC saves, because Dex is already factored into AC, and the things I imagine using an AC save for, like a hail of arrows, require a different defense mode than things I would require a Dex save for, like falling off a cliff or dodging a specific arrow. If Dex save proficiency should apply, then it shouldn't be an AC save at all. Basically, I just don't want the complication of cross-proficiency for saves and don't see what it buys you.)Not every random roll has to be tied to an ability score in order to make sense.</blockquote>