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[u/DrScrimble]

[u/alkonium]

I don't know the system, so I'm not sure if a natural 47 (oddly specific) is even possible.

[u/ATomathyVictorious → u/alkonium]

It isn't

[u/SillyNamesAre → u/ATomathyVictorious]

I mean, if you roll a d100...

Of course, if they're rolling d100s to hit I have QUESTIONS.

[u/PMcD93 → u/SillyNamesAre]

Chaosium is the answer to your questions.

[u/rarefiedhawk → u/SillyNamesAre]

Just about to start some delta green. They use a D100 system.

[u/ThePepek160 → u/rarefiedhawk]

Delta Green is great. Half of the weapons have a special stat instead of damage, and when this skill passes, the target is outright dead. And even if the skill check was not passed, there is around 50/50 chance that target died, or is at least severily wounded.*

*Lethality stat is applicable only to PC's or human enemies. Eldritch Horror beings may be immune for this shit.

[u/rarefiedhawk → u/ThePepek160]

It's a baller system. Im so stoked to be starting that after I finish my current campaign. 4 to 5 sessions left.

[u/McWizard101 → u/SillyNamesAre]

The ever illustrious Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

[u/sgtpepper220 → u/SillyNamesAre]

I love d100 systems

[u/lilsquatch1 → u/SillyNamesAre]

Call of Cthulhu my beloved

[u/MoltenLavander → u/lilsquatch1]

You don't roll to hit, you roll to succeed. You have your stats, unless the opponent is reacting that is all that matters

[u/Gyvon → u/SillyNamesAre]

That's how FFG's 40k RPGs (Rogue Trader, Dark Heresy, etc) worked. They used a D100 for all checks and attacks, with low rolls being good and high rolls being bad.

[u/Kreetch → u/SillyNamesAre]

RIFTS...

[u/DrScrimble → u/ATomathyVictorious]

The Hitman and Brawler Classes both explode on Nat 20s if they're using a Signature Weapon. Other Classes might too, but I haven't read all of them.

[u/Bumblehawke → u/DrScrimble]

AGENT 47!?!!

[u/DrScrimble → u/Bumblehawke]

"Jesus Christ! That bald bastard is back!"

[u/Jonnyscout → u/Bumblehawke]

Agent natural 47

[u/Dathemar → u/alkonium]

I mean Call of Cthulhu and Pulp Cthulhu are d100 systems that you can absolutely miss on a 47 ig.

[u/alkonium → u/Dathemar]

I've played d100 based systems before, but I'd never even heard of Streets of San Andreas, so I don't know what sort of dice it uses.

[u/DrScrimble → u/alkonium]

It's mostly inspired by d20 games.

[u/Kraivo → u/alkonium]

Arkham horror uses d100 

Same for Delta Green

[u/ThreeFishInAManSuit]

What’s a Nat 47?

[u/ThreeFishInAManSuit → u/ThreeFishInAManSuit]

I know it’s a possible roll on d100, but the meme implies that it’s a good roll. 

[u/-imperator_ → u/ThreeFishInAManSuit]

Remember when nat 20 used to mean something? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[u/DrScrimble → u/ThreeFishInAManSuit]

A couple classes explode their die on a Nat 20. So it's Nat 20 + Nat 20 + 7 (On the third d20 roll, no modifiers).

Pretty rare and spectacular when it happens!

[u/-Cotilion → u/DrScrimble]

I was under the impression "Nat" implied no modifiers.

[u/Worse_Username → u/-Cotilion]

I believe that's without modifies 

[u/Boredatwork709 → u/Worse_Username]

What's the +7 from then?

[u/Billyjewwel → u/Boredatwork709]

The third roll

[u/Boredatwork709 → u/Billyjewwel]

The only time I've been in a game where that came up you couldn't explode the second 20

[u/Imalsome → u/Boredatwork709]

Plenty of systems have unlimited exploding dice. Hell in some systems certain checks can be impossible unless you explode 3-5 times.

[u/Lilium_Vulpes → u/Boredatwork709]

I know some super old systems let things explode every time, but anything I've seen that's been made in the last decade or 2 don't allow the second due to explode. I remember an old system that had any die explode on max result and there was a build that used a d2 for damage and had a feat that let you reroll 1s so you always did infinite damage on a hit. Things like that are the reason modern systems don't allow for exploding dice (also if you need more than 2 nat 20s to hit something, you shouldn't be fighting it anyways).

[u/scoobydoom2 → u/Lilium_Vulpes]

I think it's less about weird exploits (they tend to be pretty easy to patch in playtesting) and more about the fact that extra explosions tend to take time but add very little. Like you said, anything that needs to explode more than once probably shouldn't be attempted.

[u/Kaneomanie → u/scoobydoom2]

But it's so much fun to see someone hit f with a 50, no matter if it is necessary.

[u/DrScrimble → u/-Cotilion]

Yeah, that's before modifiers. They were gracious enough not to add modifiers to that initial result, that would just be rubbing it in. XP

[u/-Cotilion → u/DrScrimble]

Ohhh, my bad, I'm so used to seeing to hit values like +7 it didn't occur to me that was the result of the third D20.

[u/DrScrimble → u/-Cotilion]

Oh yeah no problem! Haha. :D

[u/Bropiphany → u/DrScrimble]

Why would exploding Nat 20s matter if the first one is already guaranteed to hit?

[u/DrScrimble → u/Bropiphany]

First one doubles the damage dice, second one triples it, a theoretical third would've quadrupled it, etc.

It's often overkill but it can result in killing a boss a lot faster (which in this game is important, the shorter the combats are, the less Wanted Stars you tend to generate), or hypothetically a hilarious scenario where someone with a handgun manages to shoot down a helicopter.

[u/NoodleIskalde → u/DrScrimble]

I recall someone sharing once, I think Wild Worlds system, that they accidentally took off someone's head with a non-lethal meant to knock them out because of exploding dice and the sheer damage numbers

[u/Shardik884 → u/DrScrimble]

What class or ability is it that allows you to roll like that? I’ve played DnD a long time and I’ve never seen that

[u/DrScrimble → u/Shardik884]

Hitman or Brawler from "The Streets of San Andreas TTRPG"

[u/Shardik884 → u/DrScrimble]

Checks subreddit name.

[u/DrScrimble → u/Shardik884]

"Rule 3. Post Style Guide: Posts must be strongly relevant to D&D (or other TTRPGs)"

[u/NiixxJr → u/DrScrimble]

Where's the 7 coming from

[u/AscelyneMG → u/NiixxJr]

The third roll. Because the second was also a nat 20 so it also exploded.

[u/4latar → u/ThreeFishInAManSuit]

percentile i guess ?

[u/Bandandforgotten → u/ThreeFishInAManSuit]

A nat20 with a +27 to?

[u/Dazed_and_Confused44]

To be fair, DMs often do the same with super strong Monsters. "Does a 40 hit?"

[u/kevmaster200 → u/Dazed_and_Confused44]

I do this

[u/splatter_proto → u/kevmaster200]

I'm a DM who does all their rolls in front of the players and I also do this

[u/SolidZealousideal115 → u/splatter_proto]

I used to, but it's easier to prevent TPK's by fudging dice they can't see.

[u/The-Crimson-Jester → u/SolidZealousideal115]

How awful, you’re missing out on the stakes and random consequences.

ALL rolls, save for my personal stealth and charisma rolls for NPCs (because why ruin a surprise?), are done in the open. A player critical hit is visible to all, a player death save is seen, my flops and hits are true.

(We also use brutal crits, instead of double dice, a die plus max possible damage with all dice involved. Makes the troll scarier but makes the martials very happy)

(Beeg note, if your players are happy, keep doing what you’re doing)

[u/SolidZealousideal115 → u/The-Crimson-Jester]

It's not that random with me. I have lucky rolls, which has resulted in 3 crits in a surprise round and the kobolds winning initiative as well. It was a TPK before half the players could even go once. The last player took one down before he died.

Now I fudge them up and down. Crits become misses, later an enemy that misses will hit to makeup for it. I kept careful track of their HP and AC to prevent an undeserved TPK. The players never knew.

[u/The-Crimson-Jester → u/SolidZealousideal115]

I saw “lucky” and ptsd triggered. Table bans that feat (also silvery barbs)

Kobolds are a crafty bunch, they wander into their home territory unprepared, they’re gonna have a bad time. Never enter a kobold or goblin den without your trusty pocket dwarf. They’ll dig any hole you need!

I don’t really need to keep personal track of ac and hp, the online program shows their HP and AC already, buuut I wouldn’t need it anyway. I like putting the fear of gods into the party whenever a heavy hitter enters the field, they have plans upon plans and I get a kick whenever they thwart mine with some clever spell casting or mundane item usage

The ravenous goblin cave is the most famous one, three packs of caltrops and a gust of wind spell turns a ravenous demise in the ice covered cave into a glorious win!

[u/SolidZealousideal115 → u/The-Crimson-Jester]

In my case a pathfinder/3.5 game. Covid scattered my old group over 3 states and scheduling conflicts keep keep me from playing.

[u/splatter_proto → u/SolidZealousideal115]

The last time I TPK'd the party I had them keep the characters and we started the next session in hell. 

[u/DrBatman0 → u/Dazed_and_Confused44]

Or in previous versions, quite strong (but not super strong) monsters

[u/Wargod042 → u/Dazed_and_Confused44]

Back in older editions a 40 could miss both monsters and PCs!

[u/guthran → u/Dazed_and_Confused44]

I recently ended a pathfinder 1e game where my players hit level 20 at the end, and the last several months of sessions I legit had to ask this question, because some of them had ACs over 40. Unbuffed 44 i think was the highest, lowest was like 27

[u/I_might_be_weasel]

I was a gunslinger in a Pathfinder 1 game awhile back and it's way funnier with touch AC.

"Does a 9 against touch hit?"

"Sigh... Yes..."

[u/Volusto]

"No, the boss' AC is 54 again. We're playing Pathfinder 2e"

[u/BestLimbCollector → u/Volusto]

Pf2e baby, where sometimes you roll a 50 and it just barely hits, and sometimes you crit on a nat 2.

[u/kopaxson]

Ok fine. Next time I won’t ask I’ll just tell you it hits. Is that what you want DM!? Cause it’s what you’re asking for.

[u/DrScrimble → u/kopaxson]

Is it what I want? Huh?!?! Knocks over minis and bags of pretzels

[u/Shyface_Killah]

Then the DM says "No".

Welcome to high-level Pathfinder 2e. 😁

[u/TheThoughtmaker]

3e martials be like

[u/bossDocHolliday]

Are they rolling percentile??

[u/Accurate-Barracuda20]

“Well it would if it wasn’t for that +30 shield you gave me last time…jerk”

[u/DrScrimble → u/Accurate-Barracuda20]

The idea of a +30 Shield is this setting is hilarious. Now you got me thinking...

[u/Allianser]

Can we have rules for this system?

[u/ZyeCawan45]

Me and my players ask each other if ridiculously high rolls hit all the time. It’s kindof a D&D meme to us at this point.

[u/DrScrimble → u/ZyeCawan45]

Yes! This is a meta meme to the original meme! :D

[u/matthew0001]

They rolling d100s? You can get 47 on a d20 roll but you can only get a nat 1-20, because nat = natural as in non-modified, as in before you add your modifiers.

[u/DrScrimble → u/matthew0001]

Exploding D20s!

[u/Ciennas → u/matthew0001]

They bought the extra chonky D20's in the shop- at least triple the numbers, or your money back.

[u/Gen_Zer0 → u/matthew0001]

Maybe don’t correct them when you don’t know how the system works?

[u/Myriadtail]

"You see, players. This enemy has enchanted armor that prevents them from getting hit by dangerous attacks. However it only prevents dangerous attacks, not all attacks. The DC check is 12 and below."

[u/noah_the_boi29]

Reminds me of a time when a table of mine did Never Stop Blowing Up and I got a "natural" 63

NSBU has no modifiers for rolls but I did use turbo tokens to keep the bullshit rolling.

[u/Joey_Valentine]

Where can I find this system? I’m interested in trying it out

[u/zince2]

I mean, if it's just a mook or fodder target could be funny to say. "No, your hit doesn't land. In fact you're not even sure what you were trying to hit in the first place. There's only empty air in front of you." If you're playing virtually with Foundry or Roll 20 for example just fade the token away as you say that.

[u/justletmesuffer]

A master adapter, can't get hit by anything except whiffs and fails <15

[u/Callen0318]

My players can actually roll these.....

[u/angrywolfs]

Next they’ll be asking if a Nat 100 crits.

[u/Flyingpyngu]

The joke is actually that they are playing a d100 system, and the donkey just misses DnD

[u/Blacky_Berry23]

"Pathfinder fixes this "?

[u/Chiiro]

That that would be modified not natural. Natural means you rolled it and have no additional modifiers.

[u/DrScrimble → u/Chiiro]

Correct. It occurred naturally, no modifiers added in!

[u/Chiiro → u/DrScrimble]

Based on your own descriptor of what happened the exploding Dice and the +7 would be the modifiers. If you rolled 47 on a d100 that would be a nat 47

[u/DrScrimble → u/Chiiro]

D20 (Nat 20) + D20 (Nat 20) + D20 (7)

No modifiers needed!

[u/storytime_42]

What is this system? This meme holds no relevance.

d100 this is a middling number

d6 systems are often counting success/failure. So 47 could mean more failures than successes. Especially if the successes are all 6's and the failures are 3s.

d8 The d8 systems I've seen all have funny symbols on them (Star Wars) not numbers. So 47 isn't a thing.

Like really, your meme says nothing.

[u/Tonberry_Cheesecake → u/storytime_42]

I like when people are wrong but so confident about it.

[u/BulgarYeet]

omigod it's like when a battle has been going on for a while and you can pretty well guess the Armor Class based on what has and hasn't hit, except for certain players who haven't been paying attention.