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Page 791 - Critical Planning Failure
Author: Space Jawa
Newbiespud’s Note: I got a few guest comics for my 24th birthday – a total of about 11! That mean regular comics will be back around September 10th. Until then, enjoy these offerings!
Guest Author’s Note: “If you try to mess with the rules, don’t be surprised if the rules turn around and mess with you.
“This comic was inspired from my time playing as Tempered Steel in Fallout is Dragons, with the Destiny Talent I had that let me pre-roll and pick up dice I could then turn around and swap in for non-combat rolls. The fun part was not just when I got Nat 20s I could use, but Nat 1s as well. While I never actually tried the above trick (which is something I’m sure that Newbiespud is very much thankful for), I did actually consider the idea of trying to take one of the spare Nat 1s I occasionally rolled and trying to parley it into a de facto Nat 20 by trying to fail on purpose and then reversing the obvious result with a well-placed Nat 1.
“The above is one of the reasons why I never actually attempted said trick.
“Anyway, story time prompt! Name a time you or a player in a campaign you were in tried to exploit a loophole through some seemingly well thought-out rules lawyering, only for it to backfire and bite that player in the butt.”
 
Transcript:  
Durango: Great. Your ridiculous wings actually got you airborne. Now what?
Poinsettia: Don’t worry, I’ve got a fool-proof plan.
DM: This I gotta hear.
Poinsettia: I’m going to try to hit the ground.
DM: Say what now?
Poinsettia: I’m going to purposefully try to crash, and then I’m going to use the spare Nat 1 I saved from my trait to ensure I critically fail in my attempt to hit the ground.
DM: … Sure. I will allow this. Try as you might, your attempt to crash on purpose fails. No matter how hard she wants to, Poinsettia simply can not crash into the ground and quite possibly kill herself. She does, however, find her way back to the same magic prison tower she just escaped.
Oz Moses: You’ve got a fool-proof plan, huh?
Poinsettia: Oh, shut up.

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