u/MacSteele13

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My bad. I thought this was going to show how much money was wasted by Trump, but this is from 2012 when Obama tried to have it cleaned up and spent almost three times the amount. This is one of the only negative stories about that wasteful spending...

A 2023 Texas law that lets state police arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally can go into effect after a federal appeals court on Friday lifted a lower court ruling that had stopped it for years.

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the temporary injunction without weighing in on the underlying legal questions because the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue, according to the court’s order. The Legislature passed the law, known as Senate Bill 4, in response to record illegal border crossings that the state said amounted to an invasion, and that have since subsided.

So I’m pretty sure my DM has figured out that I’m cheating, but I don’t know how to handle it.

For context, I play a rogue, and I keep “rolling” really high numbers. Like, he’ll ask for a stealth check and I’ll say “23,” and then he looks at me like I just divided by zero at the table. I tried explaining that I have Dexterity, proficiency, and expertise, but he just kept staring at my d20 like it personally betrayed him.

Last session, I attacked something and hit again, and he asked, “How do you keep hitting?” So I said, “I’m dexterous and proficient,” which I thought was a pretty normal answer, but apparently that made me look more suspicious. He said if I was that good at dice I should be at a casino, which is weird because I don’t think casinos let you add Sneak Attack.

The worst part is I don’t even know if he understands modifiers. He seems to think the highest number possible is 20. I rolled a 17 and added 6, and he acted like I’d hacked the Pentagon. Then when I said I was an expert, he thought I was insulting him.

I’m worried he’s going to start making me do math problems at the table “to prove I’m not cheating,” which is concerning because I came here to play Dungeons & Dragons, not take the GED.

How do I politely tell my DM that the numbers on the character sheet are supposed to be added to the dice? Or should I just start rolling lower so he feels safe?