D&D 5th Edition XII: Peasant Militias Can Defeat Smartphones?

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Then we just go back to the same master rogue opening doors. Instead of sneaking past peasants at a wedding, he decides to break into their houses. Eventually, he is repeatedly stymied by a crude, obvious lock.

Meanwhile, one of the wedding guests somehow cracks into a noble's strongbox on his first try.

He might take more than 6 seconds to open the lock. Nothing terrible about that.The d20 roll represents the myriad things that can go right or wrong for someone attempting an action in a situation.

If the wedding guest manages to open the lock on a noble's strongbox the very first try, it would mean they already have Proficiency with Thieves' Tools, meaning they do know what they're doing. It just went easier than expected.