The second power on this blessing in Core says:
Discard to move to a random location, then explore. This exploration, reroll any dice showing 1 and 2.
Does that reroll power only apply during checks? (If I encounter the monster Elemental, which makes me roll to determine its element type, I don't reroll a 1 in that case, do I?) Also, that last "and" should be "or", yes?
Good one.
Also, that last "and" should be "or", yes?
I assume they used "and", because with "or" some people would be confused if they're supposed to choose and ONLY reroll 1s OR ONLY reroll 2s.
And since we're on the Lucky Drunk: the reroll power doesn't say "may" so rerolling is mandatory; however, it doesnt say "all dice" - it says "any dice" which to my non-native English eye implies "any dice *you choose*" - especially since it's been used in that sense in PACG before. So should I reroll all dice (showing 1 and 2) or is it my pick?
I agree it may be a little drawback of the "efficiency" of short sentences.
Pre-Core you knew that if they wanted you to reroll both 1's and 2's, they would have said something like : "Choose either 1 or 2. reroll any dice showing that number". Post-Core, it's a bit less obvious since you less expect that kind of long sentence.
My also-non-native-speaker understanding is
- Both 1's and 2's
- Mandatory
- All dice (you do not select some to reroll)
- Which means you may ultimately fail a check that was successful before rerolling btw, if you reroll 2's into 1's)
Am I wrong?
- Which means you may ultimately fail a check that was successful before rerolling btw, if you reroll 2's into 1's)
This, in particular, makes me believe intent might be the reroll is "optional". It is the LUCKY Drunk, after all... Else, he might as well get the Gambling trait.
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My native speaker reading matches what Frencois wrote. It’s all dice showing 1/2 (not limited to checks) and rerolling them is mandatory.
Let me re-emphasize: he is a Lucky DRUNK :) By following this god (using this blessing), you might be channeling this aspect :) not thinking strategically, but just rerolling all 1 and 2s because YOU CAN. So why not do it? :-D
Let me re-emphasize: he is a Lucky DRUNK :) So he sees double. There is NO WAY he can differentiate between 1's and 2's :-)!!!!
I guess you needed to be French to be able to be drunk and sober at the same time to see that one coming...
I could easily argue that if you can still see anything else than dots you are certainly not drunk enough to be that lucky. :-)
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Reroll powers only ever affect checks. The Glossary entry for Reroll says "Roll the dice again on a check. See Roll the Dice on page 12." Roll the Dice, which appears under Attempting a Check, says "Powers that allow or require you to reroll dice happen now." (The Hero Points sidebar also explicitly limits its rerolls to checks: "During a scenario, you can spend 1 hero point to reroll the dice on your check (see Roll the Dice on page 12).")
I suspect that this power should have been worded "reroll all dice showing 1 and 2," meaning you must reroll all dice that show either 1 or 2, but I will verify design intent.
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Reroll powers only ever affect checks. The Glossary entry for Reroll says "Roll the dice again on a check. See Roll the Dice on page 12." Roll the Dice, which appears under Attempting a Check, says "Powers that allow or require you to reroll dice happen now." (The Hero Points sidebar also explicitly limits its rerolls to checks: "During a scenario, you can spend 1 hero point to reroll the dice on your check (see Roll the Dice on page 12).")
I suspect that this power should have been worded "reroll all dice showing 1 and 2," meaning you must reroll all dice that show either 1 or 2, but I will verify design intent.
Unrelated to the above discussion, but could we get "on a check" added to the accessory reroll wording on page 11 of the PACS guide? I've completely missed that "reroll" powers only work on checks, and I'm positive that other people have as well. Looking at page 31 of the Core rulebook makes that obvious, but it's easy to overlook that definition.
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Unrelated to the above discussion, but could we get "on a check" added to the accessory reroll wording on page 11 of the PACS guide? I've completely missed that "reroll" powers only work on checks, and I'm positive that other people have as well. Looking at page 31 of the Core rulebook makes that obvious, but it's easy to overlook that definition.Reroll powers only ever affect checks. The Glossary entry for Reroll says "Roll the dice again on a check. See Roll the Dice on page 12." Roll the Dice, which appears under Attempting a Check, says "Powers that allow or require you to reroll dice happen now." (The Hero Points sidebar also explicitly limits its rerolls to checks: "During a scenario, you can spend 1 hero point to reroll the dice on your check (see Roll the Dice on page 12).")
I suspect that this power should have been worded "reroll all dice showing 1 and 2," meaning you must reroll all dice that show either 1 or 2, but I will verify design intent.
+1. I've played numerous seasons of Organized Play, and *every* player I've played with has believed (as I have) that a Paizo shirt/mat/etc reroll could be used for any die rolled in the game (and have played that way).
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Unrelated to the above discussion, but could we get "on a check" added to the accessory reroll wording on page 11 of the PACS guide? I've completely missed that "reroll" powers only work on checks, and I'm positive that other people have as well. Looking at page 31 of the Core rulebook makes that obvious, but it's easy to overlook that definition.
Sure. It'll be clarified in version 6.1, out later this month.