JoshuaZ comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 June 2010 07:43:38PM 1 point [-]

Does a dex check have a critical failure on a 1? I think that applies only to saves and attack rolls. Skill checks don't suffer that problem and I think the same rule applies to flat ability checks. (I'm going off the 3.5 rules here, I seem to remember when critical failures occur was slightly different in 3.0 which may be relevant here)

Comment author: thomblake 03 June 2010 07:44:17PM 1 point [-]

Does a dex check have a critical failure on a 1?

Of course not.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 June 2010 07:46:56PM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure most people have the rules so intimately understood that they would think the "of course" in "of course not" deserved to be there. This may be related to understanding degrees of inferential distance.

Comment author: thomblake 03 June 2010 07:48:53PM 1 point [-]

Yes, that was the joke.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 June 2010 07:55:24PM 3 points [-]

Ah, in that case, I must spend too much time on the Giants in the Playground Forum where a statement like that would seem perfectly natural.