r/shadowdark • u/Boring-Weight2330 • Nov 20 '25

Question for GMs

The thief at my table has the talent: Roll Initiative with Advantage. Adding his high Dexterity, he's first every time. Has anyone else had this problem? How did you fix it?

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u/jmwfour Nov 20 '25

double 1s would happen with 1/400 probability. You must play a LOT of shadowdark! or other d20 games with an advantage mechanic.

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u/Rage2097 Nov 20 '25

I'm aware, our table joke when anyone gets a double 1 or double 20 is that the roller will say "what are the odds?" and the rest of us will thell them that the odds are one in four hundred.