I’m new to both DnD and cRPGs, I’ve read about what the karmic dice does but I wanted to know your opinions as well.
Does it really make it for a “better” experience? Can fights go seriously wrong or extend for a longer time when not using it? What do you all think about it?
EDIT: please read this comment by @burgundymyr@sh.itjust.works, it explains how the dice really works, something I didn’t get at first, thank you burgundymyr!
Thank you! That explains a lot.
I’m a new player, didn’t know anything about DnD nor cRPGs when I started, but I like to understand what I’m doing when I play a game so I’m doing my best to learn.
I started on the easiest difficulty with the dice on, by the end of act 2 I think I got a hang of how the rules work (still far from fully understand them but I’ll get there eventually), I noticed that no matter what I did in combat to get advantage or trying to avoid damage, my party ended the fight badly wounded, I never died but still.
I started a new playthrough on normal difficulty with the dice off, it’s been a few fights already that I can finish with most of my party unscathed, something that never happened before even if I was on easier difficulty.
This is just anecdotal experience and I’m most probably getting better as a player, but now that you explained it, I can’t stop thinking it’s also the dice normalizing (or not) things for me.
I don’t regret using it because if you start from nothing like me, there’s a hell lot of stuff you have to “digest” to be able to play, it’s pretty overwhelming so the game sort of helping you in avoiding too many failures is a good thing IMO. But now that I’m starting to get a better understanding of how things work, I’ll definitely keep it off.