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The Dice Giveth... (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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[–] macmacfire@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The problem with this argument is that first off, the GM can't know your character sheet front-to-back because they're not playing your character, so they probably don't know if even a 1 will pass the DC they've set.

1/20 is much less regular than 5/20 or even 19/20

It's still far more common than is reasonable.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The problem with this argument is that first off, the GM can’t know your character sheet front-to-back because they’re not playing your character, so they probably don’t know if even a 1 will pass the DC they’ve set.

The GM should know exceptional stats of their player. Yes, I might not know some rarely relevant stat of my players, I but surely know how well the rogue stealths, how well the elf bowman arches, how well the mage spells and how hard the barbarian hits.

And even if I don't, the players can tell me the stat before a potential check.

[–] macmacfire@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I just think whether or not each and every player here has an outrageously high stat and what those stats are is a bit of an unnecessary hassle to add to the already long list of things the GM needs to keep track of.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I find that not very hard to keep track, honestly. They usually don't have a lot of them.

And in any case, the player can just say when they have one.