But I can't seem to accomplish anything. I'm playing a crusader and having the worst luck rolling dice ever.
It isn't even the dice I'm using. I can swap around and use other member's die and I still only hit once per encounter(and even that is for about 20% of my damage potential). It's so bad that we almost had a TPK tonight because the other tank class got knocked unconscious early. I'm the only one wearing plate and I get hit more than anyone even though I have the highest AC. :headexplo
Lets not even talk about spot/listen checks (our whole party blows at these, it's uncanny)
I'm at the point where I'm going to have to start roll-playing a doddering fool instead of the holy warrior I signed up for. It's just a little frustrating. :surrender
2 : Attempt to appease the dice god.
3 : Play things that don't roll dice, such as a wizard without damaging stuff.
4 : ???
5 : Profit!
Pick your poison!
1 : Get new dice and treat them right from the get go.
2 : Attempt to appease the dice god.
3 : Play things that don't roll dice, such as a wizard without damaging stuff.
4 : ???
5 : Profit!
Pick your poison!
So what, my deity incinerates me in a blast of divine power for giving him a bad reputation, thus allowing me to roll a new toon? :P
Your perception as a player of this character is that "He should hit most of the time."
Except that if for example you need a 17+ to hit the target on a d20, then you are only hitting 20% of the time, 1 out of 5 swings, and missing 4 out of 5.
Because it is tough, it is dramatic.
i.e. "Get that guy!"
It's not that your character is a doddering fool, it is that combat is not easy, unless you are in an ambush position, period.
That's how I see it. If the PC misses the swing, hit, shot whatever that's just how it is.
Knowing you've missed, what do you do? Whatever it takes to increase your advantage, or set it up so that you win before it starts, or have the opponent in such a position that they can't effectively fight back.
Your character is Not a fool. Just not perfect, 100% accurate, one swing / shot one kill.
Good luck.
If you keep having bad luck with the dice just keep trying. If your character dies make a new character who you roleplay as this totally unlucky poor bastard. If you luck continues everybody will have a good laugh and you can roleplay very well. If he has incredible luck then that rocks as well.
Have someone else make your rolls for you. Remember to flank, charge etc to give yourself bonus's to hit.
Have wizard use up a level 3 spell slot for Curse of Impending blades, Mass
or the 2nd level single target version. It reduces the AC of enemies by 2 with no save. Or buy a wand of it, its cheap!
* maybe reshuffle after you draw 5-10 cards (certainly no more). You could also make it A-10 with Black being low and Red being 10+card for a bigger pack so that runs (good or bad) are still less likely but each card has a smaller effect and you can draw more before shuffling.
What else is there, Spell Buffs. Get that lazy wizard to put Bull's Strength on you for a +2. Bless, Magic Weapon, Shrink Person (if you're desperate to hit and not worried about size).
Otherwise, just deal with it. My dragonfire adept and her 3d6 breath weapon have come up between 3-6 on damage far to many times for my comfort. On the other hand, that rare 17 makes me feel warm and gushy inside.
Put the dice that are behaving badly in the freezer - it works for one of my players.
That strikes me as wrong somehow.
But make sure first. Try rolling 1000 d20s (easier to do it in groups of 5-10 at a time) and calculating the average (easy if you enter the results into an Excel spreadsheet).
Once you've done that, you could even ask the DM to just give you a bonus equal to the difference betwen your average result and 10.5.
Put the dice that are behaving badly in the freezer - it works for one of my players.
lmao
If you really feel that you consistently roll lower than average, have another player (or the DM) roll for you.
But make sure first. Try rolling 1000 d20s (easier to do it in groups of 5-10 at a time) and calculating the average (easy if you enter the results into an Excel spreadsheet).
Once you've done that, you could even ask the DM to just give you a bonus equal to the difference betwen your average result and 10.5.
Hmm I like this idea. The cards idea was good too but I don't know if I could sell my DM on it.
There is one other thing you might do though.
Note down every roll you make in a game. It could be that your only think you've been unusually unlucky because those failed rolls seem to matter more.
The cards might work; the freezer and the lots of rolling are just silly.
Doesn't take as long as you'd think, and it's an objective to determine whether you do, in fact, consistently roll lower than average.
Note down every roll you make in a game. It could be that your only think you've been unusually unlucky because those failed rolls seem to matter more.
This is a more convenient way of accumulating the information, though, yeah. Just write down every single roll you make.
You could also play totally optimized characters, so you hit even on low rolls.
If that fails, try the Dragonfire Adept. You never make attack rolls, your enemies make saves.
I can't imagine how my group would take it if the DM gave me a bonus to my skills because I'm left handed..
Write down your rolls if you think it's such a big deal. Nobody notices the positive as much as they do the negative. People usually only pay attention when something goes wrong.
Somehow I can't see the DM giving a player a bonus because of a random outcome like dice rolling sitting well with the other players.
It'd apply to everyone... except that if you're getting a significantly above-average result over 1000 rolls, you get an appropriate penalty.
The point is, if his 1000 d20 rolls average to, say, 8, then he's consistently being penalized due to some quirk of how he rolls dice. This would balance that out.
If it's just you then it was luck and there is no (good) reason to expect it to continue. If he really thinks he has developed some method to always roll low he could also try asking the GM to let him take (21-d20) for all his rolls.
We had a guy in our group who consistently rolled 4s and 5s (and other very low numbers) - he just had the worst luck. We then took a break from D&D and played paranoia, where the goal is to roll as LOW as possible on a d20. He of course started rolling natural 19s and 20s, and continued to fail at everything
so, if you put it this way, you are at the same skill level as the opponate is. What you got to do is go and "train" your character in a fighting school to attempt to boost up for str or something
Buy a weapon that deals touch attack damage
