Originally Posted by The_Red_Queen
Okay, I agree in principle, but if your Tav fails with the Book of Dead Gods specifically, did you know you can take control of SH and have her try afterwards? And the rest of your companions too. Admittedly, I’m not sure if the other companions can try to read it once one has succeeded in opening it. If not, then this would only partly address your concern in this instance.

That was the example that came to mind. We're all plenty aware that there's multiple instances where you don't get an option to just try again with a different companion.