saving throws
Defensive dice rolls
Saving throws are dice rolls in tabletop role-playing games that determine whether a character avoids or resists harmful effects—poison, magic spells, traps, or other dangers.
The player rolls against a target number; success means reduced or negated damage.
She made her saving throw against the dragon's fire breath.
The term occasionally appears in casual speech for any last-chance attempt to avoid disaster.
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- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
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