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Tagged with ability-scores skills
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What NPC skill or ability should be used to oppose a PC's Intelligence check made when using the Disguise Kit?
The Player's Handbook states that "The DM might call for an Intelligence check when you try to accomplish tasks like [...] Pull together a disguise to pass as a city guard." However, it's ...
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Is there a way to use Strength for the Perform Skill?
How (if possible) would one utilize their Strength ability score with the Perform Skill? Be that in lieu of Charisma or in addition to it.
There are so many ways to shuffle the ability score that ...
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Can a 6th level rogue select Investigation for their Expertise feature even if their Intelligence modifier is +0?
So I started playing d&d a while ago, but when I was building my first character ever I didn’t completely know what I was doing so I assigned my rolls to abilities I didn’t totally need to have ...
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Should forcing open doors be Strength or Strength (Athletics)
According to RAW, should forcing stuck/locked/barred doors open be a Strength check, or a Strength (Athletics) check?
As I read the description of the Strength ability and the Athletics skill in the ...
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Is there any way to get proficiency (or expertise/doubled proficiency) in Constitution checks?
I was looking for any official way - class feature, magic item, anything - for a character to add their proficiency to any form of Constitution check, but I couldn't find anything. Is it possible to ...
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Do items which add to some ability affect your skill modifier? [duplicate]
I just received armor which adds +2 to my charisma. Does it also affect my skills like performance and persuasion?
If possible, could you link some source in your answer? I searched and didn't find ...
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When do you use ability checks without a specific skill?
When, if ever, as a DM would you ask players to make an ability check without allowing them to apply a skill proficiency?
The Player's Handbook (p. 174) says:
The DM calls for an ability check when a ...
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If a PC's ability score increases due to an item, does it increase the corresponding modifier for the ability score or any skills/attacks?
I'm a new DM. One of the PCs obtained gauntlets of ogre power, which raise the Strength score of the creature wearing and attuned to them to 19. Does this increase the modifier or any of the skill ...
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Skills with different abilities: How to adjudicate what combination to use?
In the D&D 5e Player’s Handbook, there is a variant option called Skills with Different Abilities:
Normally, your proficiency in a skill applies only to a specific kind of ability check. ...
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Players preemptively rolling, even though their rolls are useless or are checking the wrong skills
Part of this answer made me think about my own situation:
It's entirely possible that the ranger is the only one that has a chance at succeeding at the check and thus it would be inappropriate to ...
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Are ability bonuses added to skills you don't have?
In 5e I know you add your ability modifier and proficiency bonus to your skills that you chose when creating your character, but what if you don't have that skill, do you still add the corresponding ...
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How can I make intelligence less of a dump stat?
Most PCs don't care much about intelligence, often leaving it at the single digits. And this makes sense, because it's frankly useless for anyone that's not an intelligence caster. So I want to know ...
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For a magically shorter tabaxi, which stats do I adjust? [closed]
I know that an average tabaxi race is medium about 6ft tall. But I want a shorter more stubby cat for my character (a lvl. 1 magician tabaxi with a background of guild merchant. in short, the ...
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When can we use proficiency with ability checks?
The D&D Starter Set says this about Ability Checks:
You might be particularly skilled at a certain kind of task related
to an ability check. The character sheets list each character's
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Do I add negative ability modifiers to skills? [duplicate]
I'm a new GM and am running a game with new players. I'm helping them make first-level characters. One player's bard has a −1 wisdom modifier and proficiency in perception (a wisdom-based skill). At ...
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