My bestie had a character who only had a +1 in Charisma, but this was the highest in the party, so she became the party face. And she never rolled lower than 19 total when making Charisma checks for that character. The dice clearly had plans.
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Your daily reminder that"Nat 20" doesn't apply to skill or ability checks. It's applies to combat only.
Could be Pathfinder 2e and raised their result from failure to success, or any of the playgroups that house rule it so a 20 does apply which in my experience is so common it might as well be the default
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Is that The Obelisk?
They're the "Say Friend and Enter" runes. Gandalf couldn't figure them out but Merry (accidentally) did.
Actually my inspiration to use the "your character is too smart" sometimes when a smart character flops a roll
"You're too busy getting lost in the many potential complex solutions to the riddle, and are hopelessly consumed by it's mysteries" for "when is a door not a door" or similar
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