ZachTheBold
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Mae :
your videos always make me want to play, i love your sense of humor and it really fits the vibe the table tends to see. thank you for making your stuff :)
2025-07-16 10:35:48
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Lustiyee :
the idea of accidentally soft locking in a table top is hilarious
2025-06-02 23:33:31
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natterzzz7777 :
Oof
2025-06-06 11:20:32
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ARL :
“You don’t see anything of value except” total cheat code. Plays it off like they might have been able to find other loot. Works for stuff like books too.
2025-06-03 03:50:18
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Adriel Pinero :
That's why there are ✨ consequences ✨if the party can't find the king in time one way or another then the evil baddie gets his way and they need to figure out how to defeat him in more dire circumstances.
2025-06-04 20:35:07
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whirlwind_64 :
Make them spend the day investigating the room to find it. There’s a consequence to the failed roll, being lost time and potential things happening, but the game still moves forward
2025-06-22 20:29:02
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Sean S :
First of all you can just take half an hour to succeed secondly having a passive of 18 means their perception would be at a +8 bonus and his 3 would’ve been an 11 which isn’t great but better and that 6 and 8 on the dice could’ve been way higher
2025-06-12 14:04:15
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Lucky-Lily :
But for seriously, I played with a DM who did this and before I left, they had intro'd a dmpc specifically in case we all missed important details and just would not accept "Maybe don't have us roll for either really common, or integral things that will keep us from moving forward if missed."
2025-06-17 02:29:19
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LaredJeto :
this actually happened to my Warlock who failed a perception check to a magic forge that required we see the slots where we put the runes on the side of the forge, DM didn't know what to do
2025-06-03 06:10:09
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redzee03 :
“Another 4” is actually a nat 20. That dude found EVERYTHING in that room.
2025-06-04 22:09:14
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WinnableHydra :
I've only had one "softlock" happen, my players misinterpreted a clue and thought the queen was being held against her will and snuck into her chambers attacked her guards and tried to kidnap her, leading to half the party dying the other half running away from a time sensitive situation
2025-06-03 07:23:47
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OlderHopefullyWiser :
don't ask for a roll unless you have paths for both success and failure.
2025-06-03 00:06:58
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The Bone Snatcher :
personally, I would just have them find it another way through the story or an NPC presenting them with something, or passive perception lol
2025-06-04 06:25:53
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Leef 🇨🇦 :
and this is why I love passive perception
2025-06-02 23:43:34
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zwaanzy :
then later on you just have them run into an NPC who finds it, and it's murdered in front of them. they search the body and find the clue, and a note/journal he wrote describing how and where he found it
2025-06-03 03:31:57
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witchboyautumn :
More like one player finds it, and then stuffs it in their bag without showing it or mentioning it to any of the other players thus softlocking the game themselves •_•
2025-06-03 00:05:05
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Maeson :
one thing I learned dming is you never put required information behind checks, OR you make sure there are multiple different ways of getting that information, with a backup freebie if they somehow fail all of them
2025-06-03 00:18:02
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Hazel_Id :
what the heck is passive perception for if not the party not actively looking for the things around them. history check? why not investigation? and why could they not take the item to someone of historical renown
2025-06-02 23:49:51
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Tim Horras :
Nearly every game of Call of Cthulhu 😂
2025-06-03 11:44:30
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Camino :
that's why I always use the 3+ rule. The party should always have 3 paths to further the plot at any time plus anything they lock onto and want to follow (and then you panic and use creativity to weave it back together)
2025-06-05 02:36:50
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Nathen_Ryan :
see i always have a nice there as well with secret stats to avoid this, my players would learn just base info but not its significant, its even funnier when that npc is actually working for the bbeg and how they act influence how much is told. for example if they show an interest of learning the world they will learn it from the necessary so on so forth
2025-06-05 21:19:23
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DefenderOfSanity1 :
you solve this by knowledge added vs stumble added
2025-06-03 07:09:40
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Gooby :
If they have to see it, don’t make them roll for it. Ask their passives go hmmm then give them the plot significant information
2025-06-27 02:47:18
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baron_cheech :
If it’s an important story item and their perceptions don’t roll higher than like 5 I’ll make them do investigation too in case someone’s mod is better 💀
2025-06-06 15:10:42
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grusligweasel :
if everyone fails, make an antagonist find the clue first and then blame the party
2025-06-03 01:25:07
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