(in D&D at least)
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If you make like five skill checks per game, yes it is rare and it's way more fun to treat it like a crit success. It's not a job, it's a weekend activity that is supposed to bring joy.
Cool but that's not what was said. The dude above said the game was designed in such a way that they're jackpots. They are not. Just because you don't have skill checks in your game often doesn't mean the entire game is designed a certain way.
I'm not speaking to how the designers intended, but at the end of the day if a 20 is a crit success on skill checks it is a jackpot mechanic. You could go months without getting one in game and when it happens it's absolutely like hitting the jackpot
But it isn't a crit success on skill checks. That's what I'm losing my mind over lmao y'all are making it up! IT'S LITERALLY WHAT THE MEME IS ABOUT!
That's not written in DnD. Or at least 5e which appears to be what the posted meme is alluding to. The only places in the DMs Guide or PHB where a Natural 20 is mentioned is only a critical hit in combat or a critical success in a death save. No where else save for the random odd specific ability that requires you to spend something in exchange.
I think we're talking past each other here-- everyone is saying it SHOULD be a rule and everyone they know does it anyway so it's "part of DND".
It's like stacking +4 cards in uno. Might not be in the rules, but everyone knows to do it.