The dice system is terrible
How is it possible that my character with 16 charisma and +5 persuasion cannot persuade anyone of anything with the first attempt? Even with second attempt, even with sixth attempt.
Sometimes it seems to me that the whole dice system is just scripted.
For example, when at the beginning of the game we remove the brain from a half-dead person so that the brain turns into a monster, during this scene dice roll is always higher than the required value.
But try talk to Kagha so that she let thief girl to go, damn it, I never succeeded in the first attempt to roll a dice by a number more than the required value.
Or to smash parasite from eye of dead man on road. I have 16 constitution, but it shows that i need to roll 10, but i roll 2. WITH CON 16??? and buff from Shadowheart i get just 2, 4, 7. Really??? WTF???
And the same situation in many dialogues. Especially noticeable in dialogues and actions in which you get the approval of companions. If it's normal dialogue that doesn't affect anything, then dice rolls are always great.
The funny thing is that in many cases, when I need to roll for medicine, magic or discernment, which I have -1 it works with the first attempt. And +5 persuasion doesn't work right with the first attempt.
It doesn't matter how much charisma you have, +12 or +16, it doesn't affect anything. And sometimes it was easier for me to play as warrior with +12 charisma in terms of dialogues.
I would make a confirmation, but it's too much for me to go over everything again. Maybe I'll do it a little later.
Random means random. The problem that people don't understand from bad luck or randomness is that the guy with the 5% probability to fall on his ass and land on a cactus doesn't stop to think "well, I guess I was that 5%". The only thing we are naturally wired as human beings is to emphasize the bad case scenarios. It doesn't matter if I managed to free the brain from the skull if my 7 roll to save the child from Kagha or convince her to turn on the Shadow Druids failed.
That's why the dice system will always leave a pretty large amount of people unhappy. A main appeal of a videogame is to have control over outcomes by knowing what input you made.
