▲ 392 ▼ Skill checks (europe.pub) submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments (in D&D at least)
[+] Stamets@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'm not speaking to how the designers intended, but at the end of the day if a 20 is a crit success on skill checks it is a jackpot mechanic. You could go months without getting one in game and when it happens it's absolutely like hitting the jackpot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Stamets@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I think we're talking past each other here-- everyone is saying it SHOULD be a rule and everyone they know does it anyway so it's "part of DND". It's like stacking +4 cards in uno. Might not be in the rules, but everyone knows to do it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'm not speaking to how the designers intended, but at the end of the day if a 20 is a crit success on skill checks it is a jackpot mechanic. You could go months without getting one in game and when it happens it's absolutely like hitting the jackpot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Stamets@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I think we're talking past each other here-- everyone is saying it SHOULD be a rule and everyone they know does it anyway so it's "part of DND". It's like stacking +4 cards in uno. Might not be in the rules, but everyone knows to do it. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Stamets@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I think we're talking past each other here-- everyone is saying it SHOULD be a rule and everyone they know does it anyway so it's "part of DND". It's like stacking +4 cards in uno. Might not be in the rules, but everyone knows to do it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago I think we're talking past each other here-- everyone is saying it SHOULD be a rule and everyone they know does it anyway so it's "part of DND". It's like stacking +4 cards in uno. Might not be in the rules, but everyone knows to do it. permalink fedilink source parent
