Originally Posted by UnderworldHades
Originally Posted by Milkfred
I think Nettie's a fine encounter, but a lot of people use it as an example of a bad one. The question is why they do and why they don't feel it works.


For me its terrible bc you're making multiple checks for ONE thing. I persuaded once, why do I need to do it again and again for a single thing? Just make the first ones DC higher like a sane DM would.

You do multiple persuasion checks when the goal changes. Like for gold. You persuaded once to instead get 300 gold but you ask for even more so you roll again with higher DC.

But the way Nettie is you roll multiple times for one thing, making you feel shitty for succeeding and even punishing you. Just make the first roll a higher DC and that's it. Simple.


On this I will agree. Multiple skill checks for one thing, is usually the sign of a new GM who doesn't understand that the rate of failure goes through the roof if you ask for too many skill rolls. Not only that, but you don't want to bog down the flow of the game with too many rolls.

But I do think the Nettie encounter is fine otherwise. You can solve the situation several ways after failing the skill roll.