New Posts For Thread: Party Wide Checkshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29606671/Party_Wide_ChecksWhat do you do when you're facing a single skill check for a task that the entire party could attempt? The most common examples are: breaking somethingpicking a lockspotting somethingsearchinghearing somethingSometimes it seems appropriate to limitYeah, Insight's a real culprit too.DM: (rolls hidden check) "He says to go left, and you think he's telling the truth."PC: "Hm. I still don't trust him. I'm going to go the other way."DM: "No, you can't...."Not as much anymore. More and more games arhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29606671/Party_Wide_Checks?post_id=527932025#527932025Yeah, Insight's a real culprit too.DM: (rolls hidden check) "He says to go left, and you think he's telling the truth."PC: "Hm. I still don't trust him. I'm going to go the other way."DM: "No, you can't...."Not as much anymore. More and more games arThu, 10 Jan 2013 16:25:54 -0600I have stopped worrying about meta-gaming some time ago. Personally I find randomly rolling perception like checks just to hide the real ones more irritating then players who "might" meta-game the check. In fact, last L5R* session there was a check ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29606671/Party_Wide_Checks?post_id=527915741#527915741I have stopped worrying about meta-gaming some time ago. Personally I find randomly rolling perception like checks just to hide the real ones more irritating then players who "might" meta-game the check. In fact, last L5R* session there was a check aThu, 10 Jan 2013 06:38:03 -0600In the core rules, knowledge checks are untrained.But it sounds like you'd still have them roll, even if what they were asking about had no significance.But that's easily delivered as description. One doesn't need to make a check to conclude that deehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29606671/Party_Wide_Checks?post_id=527905889#527905889In the core rules, knowledge checks are untrained.But it sounds like you'd still have them roll, even if what they were asking about had no significance.But that's easily delivered as description. One doesn't need to make a check to conclude that deeWed, 09 Jan 2013 18:25:48 -0600By the way, was that just an example, or do we still honestly believe that a stuck door makes an interesting challenge?Just an example. And even when I use a "stuck door" I use it as a shortcut. If they can't get the door open there is at least onehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29606671/Party_Wide_Checks?post_id=527905595#527905595By the way, was that just an example, or do we still honestly believe that a stuck door makes an interesting challenge?Just an example. And even when I use a "stuck door" I use it as a shortcut. If they can't get the door open there is at least oneWed, 09 Jan 2013 18:10:43 -0600I disagree with regard to spot and listen checks, as I pointed out above, for the simple fact that players will meta-game. If you as the DM only tell them to roll when something interesting or of consequence is about to happen then the players willhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29606671/Party_Wide_Checks?post_id=527892751#527892751I disagree with regard to spot and listen checks, as I pointed out above, for the simple fact that players will meta-game. If you as the DM only tell them to roll when something interesting or of consequence is about to happen then the players willWed, 09 Jan 2013 11:27:29 -0600