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DC 0 Checks

As a matter of adventure design (or when improvising as a DM), you shouldn't lock mission-critical information behind a skill check. Because if the characters fail the check, the plot line is dead. But, the solution isn't to get rid of skill checks. The solution is progressive skill checks, starting at 0.

thinkdm Design Evolution, DM Tips, Homebrew 4 Comments December 19, 2020December 19, 2020

5 Skill D&D

Why have 18 skills when you can have FIVE?

We’re giving D&D players more agency over the narrative implementation of their skillsets by streamlining a bloated system and highlighting a popular variant rule.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips, Homebrew 12 Comments July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

Don’t Do DC Increases

Scaling up Difficulty Class (DC) on successive checks is a bad idea. Some DMs like to increase DCs on successive attempts, dissatisfied with the relative ease of a standard skill check (or saving throw). However, doing this has drawbacks which you can see in action on the DC Increase Chart.

thinkdm Changing the Rules, DM Tips 1 Comment April 21, 2018April 22, 2018
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