Man I've so many times been required to say word for word what my character says in my charisma rolls, but because I suck at improv it's been bad. I've gotten nat 20s this way but my DM is like "well what you said is cringy so it wouldn't fly". Literally every DM I have ever had ignored the dice roll and only cared about the improv
HiddenLychee
joined 2 years 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.
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
If you make like five skill checks per game, yes it is rare and it's way more fun to treat it like a crit success. It's not a job, it's a weekend activity that is supposed to bring joy.
If I had to guess it'd be the danger of that thing snapping and hitting your cat in the face
I never thought I'd say this but I wish it was dead
Always bothered me. Means that anyone who can't improv well is locked to low char characters.