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[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Now see this is my pet peeve, how can you roll high before the DM can object? You shouldn't be rolling before the DM calls for a roll.

If DM'ing, I wouldn't have even called for one. I'd just have said you successfully punt the cat and everyone hears it scream in agony. Good luck talking your way out and staying at the party. 🤷

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Now see this is my pet peeve, how can you roll high before the DM can object?

With fast hands.

If DM’ing, I wouldn’t have even called for one. I’d just have said you successfully punt the cat and everyone hears it scream in agony. Good luck talking your way out and staying at the party. 🤷

If a cat screams in the hedge maze and no one is around to see my foot connect with its little furry torso... who's to say I was the culprit? Perhaps it was harassed by some vengeful hawk or raven. Look at my beady little rat eyes. Would they lie???

[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Fast hands don't mean anything if the DM says to reroll cause the first didn't count due to being rolled without being called for.

Now the little detail that the garden has a hedgemaze and you weren't directly attending the dinner party changes things. Guess you kick a cat. So that happened... Anyways.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I know you kid, but rolling without the DM asking you to is a dick move and a faux pas at a table. You really shouldn't do that. Same thing happened with Critical Role and the "roll for scry" moment. It puts the DM in a position where they might have to confront you, deny you the roll and sour a moment. It puts pressure on them to allow you to do something, which players often abuse - someone spins a tale of doing a quadruple backflip, landing on someone's head, attacking and bumping the dude into lava, rolls before the DM can say "there is no lava nearby but..." and puts them in a really awkward situation, especially with high rolls.

this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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