#Critical Success

[dawnbringerjevella]

Nobody:

Astarion:

[dungeons-and-dictions]

My fave phrase as a DM

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[risendella]

Yes!

But....

[kensatou]

i'll let phie-san say it:

[i-roll-d20s]

Intimidate: +15

You rolled a 35! CRITICAL SUCCESS!

Shaking you until your bones rattle dazzle razzle battle the cattle yippie

RRRRRAAAAAAA

CONE SNAIL ATTACK CONE SNAIL ATTACK CONE SNAIL ATTACK CONE SNAIL ATTACK CONE SNAIL ATTACK CONE SNAIL ATTACK CONE SNAIL ATTACK CONE

[dungeons-and-dictions]

Player rolls a natural 1

Player then rolls a natural 20

[recordsoftherealms]

We had quite the collection of crit rolls tonight!

[trashydm]

This roll was so clutch! This is TWELVE successes! That is just insane. I have never rolled so well in my life and will never roll so well again.

[agwitow]

A way to side-step some of the auto fail/succeed issues is to have to have them confirm the critical fail/success. Similar to how weapon crits work.

It makes it significantly less likely to have an actual critical fail/success that way.

For myself (as a forever 3.5 DM), I like to twist the original intention of the check on fails. And give temporary perks on successes.

For example, failing a diplomacy check might result in hitting someone instead of a friendly clap on the back. But a success could mean you get a bonus toward a friend of the NPC you just smooth talked.

Saves are a little less open-ended. I generally give temporary resistance or a bonus toward the next save of a similar type on critical success. And the DMG already has rules about critical fails for saves.

But, anyway... it's a bit of just how you mentally approach the concept of fails and successes, and then a lot of practice.

Some of y’all’s games sound like they go like this:

DM: a strange glowing rune floats in the air

Wizard: i roll arcana to see if it’s magical *natural 1*

DM: the mystical glowing rune floating in the air appears perfectly natural and mundane

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[strangesmallbard]

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[siohbhanroy]

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