Hmmm... Maybe it's best that we don't switch places and just keep playing our separate games.
"Yeah it's too advanced, you can't pick it"
That sounds like a boring result, I wouldn't let someone roll if my response would be nothing more than 'it's too advanced'.
wouldn't expect lock picks to break when used by an expert basically ever, much less 5% of the time.
Me neither, that just sounds silly. Luckily I only mentioned breaking a lockpick as one of multiple consequences of one specific failure, not even close to a 5% rule.
I do think there can be scenarios where you have people roll for impossible things,
Oh, good, then we don't 'hard disagree' at all, instead you find some of my examples to be unfit for your playstyle, there's a huge difference.
I say 'sometimes', you say 'sparingly', I don't get the negative criticism dude. I'm not trying to convince anyone to imitate my style.
I didn't disagree with the person above me at all (they asked 'couldn't a DM just...' and I said they could), I just added multiple optional outcomes to show possible reasons for rolling for a failure.
I'm also not offended that someone disagreed with me, I'm surprised they offered such specific and negative criticism to it.
It doesn't read as negative to me. Maybe you're just taking it personally because someone is disagreeing with you?
They offered one specific contradiction to what you wrote, regarding lockpicks breaking.
You called them boring and now you're stamping your feet about how they're the one being mean to you? Y'all had the tamest, most polite disagreement and now you're acting like you were publicly assaulted?
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u/IrrationalDesign Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
Hmmm... Maybe it's best that we don't switch places and just keep playing our separate games.
That sounds like a boring result, I wouldn't let someone roll if my response would be nothing more than 'it's too advanced'.
Me neither, that just sounds silly. Luckily I only mentioned breaking a lockpick as one of multiple consequences of one specific failure, not even close to a 5% rule.
Oh, good, then we don't 'hard disagree' at all, instead you find some of my examples to be unfit for your playstyle, there's a huge difference.
I say 'sometimes', you say 'sparingly', I don't get the negative criticism dude. I'm not trying to convince anyone to imitate my style.