Questions tagged [skills]

For questions about skills: abilities of characters that describe their capabilities in a range of areas, that typically progress with level.

For questions about skills: abilities of characters that describe their capabilities in a range of areas, that typically progress with level. Games without a separate set of combat statistics may use skills to represent combat ability as well.

Other character abilities may be treated in a similar way, such as approaches () or be grouped into categories such as Mental, Physical and Social ( and ).

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As a game master, what to do when the player fails an ability check?

I'm playing Hero Kids with my 5 year old and am brand new to TTRPGs. I'm a bit unsure what to do when an ability check fails? Do I penalize the player, give them some disadvantage for the rest of the encounter or something else? Here's one example…
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What non-RPG hobbies are complementary to the RPG addiction?

We want to recruit players for our regular table-top group, and have been debating where to look, to find non-players who would most likely be interested in playing and enjoy the experience. Going through our list of hobbies and the people we share…
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How long would take for a brilliant person to decypher/crack an alien language and how to use its technology?

Consider this: A fallen spaceship is approached by a person of very high intelligence. Think of someone really really smart, like top 50 in the world. How long would take for such a person to grasp another culture´s language and how their technology…
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