Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Failed a ZERO roll (if it wasn't for bad luck, I would have none at all)

At start of the Shattered Sanctum when given the choice to use mind worm ability and a roll of ZERO, I failed. I rolled a natural one but had my buffs on roll ..so MAYBE a natural one is epic fail regardless?

Indeed it is.

Does something actually different happen when you fail the 'intended-to-be-unfailable illithid rolls now, or are they still an incredibly stupid design?

SIGH

Nat 1s DO NOT APPLY TO SKILL CHECKS LARIAN!!!

I love this company but seriously, come on. Crit fails and crit successes are NOT applied to skillchecks ffs -_-

Aww come on, give them a break... This latest patch is just sooooo full of awesomesauce (:

Granted, has lots of NEW BUGS, and that IS why we are playing this EA version. We are here to help and/or exploit the #%$ out of the bugs... FFS years ago I had TONS of FUN using a kitty cat to defeat ALL THE BOSSES :

They do in this game, friend.

Yeah, and I don't think they should. I sometimes put them in my own homebrew campaigns, but it is not even an option 5e rule, it is literally homebrew. And I don't think I like nat1s and nat 20s applying to skill checks in a video game, it just feels crappy. At least make it an option later down the road.

Of all the changes Larian made to the 5e system, this one is by far the dumbest.

Why?
It kinda makes sense, when you think about it.

So no matter how skilled you are, you should alway shave a 1/20 chance of failing? There is a reason this is not RAW, and why so many tables hate it. Take something YOU are very highly skilled at, and tell me you will fail at in 1/20 times.