<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=301745.msg14769825#msg14769825">Quote from: pdragon on 22-03-2019, 19:12:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">so do I just lose my nat 20 roll all together then? and if so why not just apply that to the climb check if there was a roll I had to make before hand?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>In the future, maybe I'll be more willing to be a bit more flexible with rolls.  But I have to be honest, I've never had someone ask me to apply a non-functional skill check roll for a functional skill check after I have made a ruling on that check.<br/><br/>You know, I think it'd be better if everyone realized that they are not obligated to post these lengthy posts about what they did, and instead, the posts can be OOCish posts about the possibilities of what<em>can be done</em>.  For example, a post can be a single line that asks: "Can my character determine whether or not he can climb this ramp?  If so, what do I roll?"  These are normal questions that are asked at game tables throughout the world, but no one ever wants to do it on E.  I guess people feel a bit naked if they post a single line in IC.  But I'm encouraging it.<br/><br/>These games require a bit of back and forth between the GM and the players, and they (the players) get bogged down because players don't know what their characters should do.  But players<em>should</em>ask questions.