skill checks
Dice determine success
Skill checks are a game mechanic, primarily in tabletop role-playing games, where players roll dice to determine whether their character succeeds at an attempted action.
The outcome depends on the roll plus relevant character abilities: You'll need to pass a skill check to pick that lock.
The term has spread to video games and casual speech, where it describes any test of competence: That interview was a real skill check.
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- rollList of names
- abilityPower to do something
- modifierWord altering another
- difficultyState of being hard
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