Reliable Talent

Reliable Talent is a passive feature gained by rogues at level 11. It treats any roll under 10 as a 10.

Description

When you make an Ability Check with a Skill you are Proficient with, the lowest result you can roll on the die is 10.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 11: Rogue

Used by creatures:

• Assassin's Folly, Dolor, Elliot, Fishbait Arno, Friol, Lady Lockjaw, Nine-Fingers Keene, Orin, Snapbone

Notes

• This is a very versatile class feature, as it removes the floor principle of bounded accuracy on all ability checks where a rogue has proficiency. When applied, this passive changes a d20 roll lower than 10 (including a 1) to a 10; modifiers are still applied afterwards. This can make skill checks of low to moderate DC where a rogue has proficiency guaranteed to succeed, and removes the chance to critically fail on those ability checks (e.g.,  Sleight of Hand).
  • Prior to acquisition of this passive at level 11,  Halfling Luck in conjunction with  Advantage is an alternative to minimize risk of (critical) skill failure.
• This passive works well with the Githyanki racial feature  Astral Knowledge.
• This passive helps in combat with Stealth checks, such as those made while using  Greater Invisibility, and Athletics checks to  Throw or  Shove enemies.
• For a multiclassed rogue character with this feature, it may be advisable to start as a rogue at level 1 (or respec with  Withers to do so) for proficiency in four skills.

Bugs

• When Karmic Dice are enabled, opposed dialogue checks have a chance of automatically failing. This includes rolls that would have otherwise been a guaranteed success due to Reliable Talent.
  • The Religion checks against the Mirror of Loss are notable examples.