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Anon casts a healing spell (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 months ago by nzmaa@lemy.lol to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 168 points 2 months ago (13 children)

I'm amazed he managed to roll a nat 20 on a d8, thats cheating on a whole new level

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 99 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I fuckin hate this notion in modern dnd (which is a misconception in the first place) that its just "let a d20 decide: the game". That's not how the game has ever been played. If you wanna have goofy mad-lib games with your friends where you just roll dice and laugh that's fine but you've never, in 50 years, had to roll to see if you're able to cast Cure Wounds or Heal.

That is a mechanic in some other games where spellcasting isn't a guaranteed thing. But not in core Dungeons and Dragons.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

didn't dnd 2e have you roll a d20 if you cast while wearing armor? too low of a roll and the cast fails? No crit effects, just simple pass/fail, right?

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Casting an Arcane Spell in Armor: A character who casts an arcane spell while wearing armor must usually make an arcane spell failure check. The number in the Arcane Spell Failure Chance column on Table 6–6 is the percentage chance that the spell fails and is ruined. If the spell lacks a somatic component, however, it can be cast with no chance of arcane spell failure.