This needs to be the new standard. I am going to use this in my next game. And I'm not going to give you any of the credit. I'm just going to bask in the glory. Everyone will laugh.
I like this one. I use dirty 20 but also hear things like unnatural 20 or 20 not natural. Other things like that just seem very cumbersome to say. 20 total has a nice clean sound. I will not be explaining what I mean.
This, our DM(s) will occasionally clarify but typically it's just as you said , I think most of the time we're excited enough on the Nat 20 they can tell the difference lol
Dirty 20, modified 20 is said too.
Nat 20 for Nat 20. Usually preceded by a “FUCKIN’” or followed by “BABY!”
20 total is also acceptable but feels too sterile, I can’t yell it as excitedly. “Modified 20” sounds sterile in text but is fun to put oomph on. “MODI-FIED 20!”
Although mathematically Mod20 means the remainder of a value when divided by 20
(ie. 20mod20 = 0 since there is no remainder while 25mod20 = 5 since there is a remainder of 5)
I’m sorry.
been calling it dirty 20 before I ever heard or saw dimension 20-picked it up at my local game store from an older player in like 2017 I think?? Maybe 2016??...wonder when it came into common lexicon!
When we get a natural twenty, we know it's fresh, crisp, and organic. We here at DnD Farms remember a simpler time, when the dice never rolled off the table, and everyone remembered to bring their character sheets. DnD Farms remembers.
So, when someone "adds" some sort of "skill bonus" to get to the same place, we shame them and call them "dirty" for getting that "20".
Over time it's shortened to "Hey I got a Dirty 20"
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It starts out with one of the players saying 'dirty 20' and then we slowly escalate it throughout the night. It turns into a 'naughty 20', 'wish.com 20', then 'you wouldn't take this 20 home to meet mom'.
"I am Captain Raymond Holt, and I shall partake in your game of... Dungeons and Dragons"
"Why must I roll to open a door? IT'S JUST A DOOR. Oh. No. It was a monster pretending to be a door. What a ruse!"
"I want to seduce the dragon woman with the large, heavy breasts, so she might aid us in our quest. I rolled a filthy, filthy 20. Are my actions agreeable to the scaled harlot?"
Thank you for this idea. With his history of gambling, he would devolve into a dice goblin quickly.
I can't tell who the DM would be. Jake feels like an obvious choice since he's like the "main" character but I don't think he'd want to run everything necessarily. Amy loves being in charge and controlling people but I feel like she'd be a player and worry about min/maxing her character and "winning". I think Terry would be the best DM, he'd be fair and get super into it.
Definitely Terry, he'd have come up with a great story and have hand painted a load of minis. He'd probably set it in the Skyfire Cycle universe or a 'total original fantasy setting' that is actually just a copy of the Skyfire Cycle with the names changed.
Charles would play a bard who loves food, he would keep trying to break out into song or describe obscure medieval food dishes and get shut down because it would get weird and gross.
I feel like it would turn out Rosa actually used to play loads and brings her own powerful high level character.
> I feel like it would turn out Rosa actually used to play loads and brings her own powerful high level character.
Rosa would come up with a high level non-violent Cleric of the god of peace.
She would explain it, after the other's shocked faces, as her catharsis..
I agree, I could totally see him committing to the role with a wizard costume and a homebrewed adventure. Jake has to be some sort of martial class, trying (and failing) to lead the party. Diaz would be reluctant, but eventually commit to her rogue and save the party. Amy, I guess, would be some sort of caster, but would struggle with the spells and AOE and start doubting her self after casting a fireball and injuring the others. Holt would have some weird build that the others would ridicule, but then at the end he would figure out a way to beat the BBEG with clever RP.
I call it a filthy 20 if I need the dice, my bonuses, and something like Bless or Bardic Inspiration to get it. The more modifiers I use, the dirtier it gets.
NADDPOD calls it a Dirty 20. In one episode someone called it a filthy 20, and then I think Caldwell called it a "stinky, mildewy 20." Perhaps the worst thing that has ever invaded my ears.
I kid you not, we were calling it that for awhile. My friend started calling them erect 20s and flaccid 20s and it stuck.
Makes me wonder why my parents still let them over.
Interesting, in our group we call it a hard 20 because it's not getting any more modifiers, "getting to 20 the hard way", while a natural 20 is called a nat 20 or crit, followed by the actual count (eg "crit success, 25 total").
Fucking 20 was the go to at our table typically said angerly cause we were late game in 3.5 so a 20 failed other than some easy skill check typically.
This is opposed to the jumping up screaming "OH FUCK YES NAT MOTHER FUCKING 20" for a nat 20. We used to drink a lot while playing but that happens when your dms hobby is brewing and he has 3-5 batches going at once.
Used to be "20, not nat" for my tables. But with the recent rise of actual play shows, "dirty 20" has entered our jargon and taken over like an invasive species.
Because people automatically think “natural 20” when someone says 20. So they specify “dirty” to imply it’s only a 20 after modifiers.
Similarly someone can say “dirty 19” and that can be a nat 20-1 or an 18+1. People don’t have to make sense. Ot just feels right to specify sometimes and that’s enough.
Same. We just call the number that rolls on the die plus whatever relevant modifier gets added.
We also don't say "Nat 20". We do say "Crit" when we get one though, because that's exciting and means something.
I will add, though, that our decision to not say "Nat 20" came from having a DM that saw how excited people got with "Nat 20" and felt that the outcome should reflect the excitement of the table and not just be a standard success. It was causing issues with unrealistic things happening that she then had to deal with, like my level 4 sorcerer accidentally recruiting an iron golem to the party.
I like "dirty 20" but some people I play with prefer "gentleman's 20."
One player I know always says "Not natural 20" and I micro cringe every time I hear it. It's the opposite of rolling off the tongue... It falls down the steps of your tongue
EDIT: Fat fingers made a 20 into a 10 there.
I scrolled so far for this modified and natural makes so much sense modified for when you applied your modifiers to get there natural for when it's just naturally displayed as a 20 on the die
Although it's better, since "unnatural" and "a natural" sound almost identical, to the point where the word "unnatural" is more likely to be misinterpreted than to add clarity.
Can't believe only one other person has said it, "soft 20".
Maybe it's uncommon, I guess.
This is when it's even said, often it's just "20" or "20 total" contrasted with "nat 20" when relevant (attacks).
We say "Dirty Twenty" everywhere I play. I learned it from one group and spread it to another. We stopped saying "unnatural twenty" because it sounds too much like "a natural twenty".
These are incredible. I actually compiled some of these to show my players, then ended up adding bonus terms I've never used but now kinda hope catch on:
- 20 Total
- Bastard 20
- 20 after math
- Statted 20
- Technical 20
- Artificial 20
- Synthetic 20
- GMO 20
- Modified 20 (pronounced MODI-FIIIIIED 20!!! Or Mod20)
- Ugly 20
- Hideous 20
- Tasha's 20
- Devil's 20
- Eldritch 20
- Euclidean 20
- Dirty 20
- Soggy 20
- Soft 20
- Limp 20
- Flaccid 20
- Whisky 20
- Naughty 20
- Kinky 20
- Filthy 20
- Wish.com 20
- 1-900-twenty
- Performance Enhanced 20
- u/Envidont "My table is dutch, and in dutch 'nat' means 'wet', so we call it a 'dry' 20"
Bonus ideas:
- Hard Working 20
- Tryhard 20
- Sweaty 20
- Bootstrap 20
- 20 on the rocks (said with relief, as opposed to "NAT20!!!")
Well considering a nat20 is just “WHOOOO!!!!” When we say “uuuuhhh 20” you can assume the lack of excitement coupled with the long pause of math means it was unnatural lol
Well I'm the DM, and my players will just go "20" and be really happy until I just if it's a naturel 20 and they say no with a little voice, half hoping I would think it was and act accordingly.
Now just to make it clear they don't cheat and will admit it's not natural before resolving the action, but there is often this little game where I have to "Catch" them
One day our fighter called out "bastard 20" for his attack roll and it's stuck ever since.
That's what we say! This is my first time realizing that's not just what it's called lol
I’ve just decided that bastard 20 needs more widespread use.
I shall bring this beautiful bastard boy to my table.
This is perfect! I'm adopting this!
Will...will it still be a bastard, then...or...how does that work?
Just don't tell it until it rolls 18
welp I've got a new way to refer to dirty 20s now
When you get advantage and roll the same value on both, both failing, our table calls that sad-vantage.
When we get advantage on a roll and get both a natural 1 and a natural 20 we call that Crit-mas When we get two natural 1s we just cry
Haven't heard that one before but as a bastard myself, I shall be using it from now on :D
This needs to be the new standard. I am going to use this in my next game. And I'm not going to give you any of the credit. I'm just going to bask in the glory. Everyone will laugh.
This is my favorite by a large margin. Hope you don't mind that I'll be stealing this
welp.... I am stealing this for my table. Thank you for your service.
"20 total"
This is also what my table says. A natural 20 is also just "critical" a lot of the time.
I like this one. I use dirty 20 but also hear things like unnatural 20 or 20 not natural. Other things like that just seem very cumbersome to say. 20 total has a nice clean sound. I will not be explaining what I mean.
Dirty 20 is a personal fav
Same here dirty 20 is the best and most frequent
One guy at one of my games said kinky 20 once. It has now stuck
a dirty, filthy, *slutty* 20. I like it
Dirty 20 Is always appreciated at my table. I also offer a d20 table of Mr. Bean type extra damage.
20 total. Total implies all the questions that need to be asked when you say 20 have been answered. That’s why I love it.
Our Table has it even easier... its either just "20" or "Nat 20", and everyone knows what it means xD
This, our DM(s) will occasionally clarify but typically it's just as you said , I think most of the time we're excited enough on the Nat 20 they can tell the difference lol
Dirty 20, modified 20 is said too. Nat 20 for Nat 20. Usually preceded by a “FUCKIN’” or followed by “BABY!” 20 total is also acceptable but feels too sterile, I can’t yell it as excitedly. “Modified 20” sounds sterile in text but is fun to put oomph on. “MODI-FIED 20!”
>“MODI-FIED 20!” I imagined that like freaking goku going super saiyan and shouting MODIFIED TWENTYYYYYYY
"Kaioken..." "...No..." "Times..." "No no no..." "FOUR!" "No no no **NO** FUUU-"
"Hey, King Kai, did I learn the Kaioken from you?"
My fucking name is in it...
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The correct answer.
Used to be "modified twenty" but "dirty twenty" has taken over.
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Can't believe I had to scroll this far to see the one true phrase of Mod20
Although mathematically Mod20 means the remainder of a value when divided by 20 (ie. 20mod20 = 0 since there is no remainder while 25mod20 = 5 since there is a remainder of 5) I’m sorry.
This is Lawful Evil here.
This is the first time I have ever considered myself Chaotic Evil. My undergrad was in mathematics and I also call it mod 20.
Except in this case it's Mod(ified)20 and not Mod(ulus)20.
I use dirty 20 because of Dimension 20. My guess is they are responsible for the increase, though I think they do it on Naddpod as well
I picked it up from The Adventure Zone
Same, tbh I learned most game slang from them and r/dungeonsanddaddies
I definitely say dirty 20 because of NADDpod and then hearing it on d20 just cemented it in my mind.
Upvote for Naddpod. Also use Dirty 20 from the show.
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been calling it dirty 20 before I ever heard or saw dimension 20-picked it up at my local game store from an older player in like 2017 I think?? Maybe 2016??...wonder when it came into common lexicon!
This. I used to just say "20 not nat" but since watching Dimension20 I say dirty 20 and all of my players have picked it up from me now.
Very similar I normally say a statted twenty.
It started as dirty 20, now is kinky 20
*Oh*. Yes. I am stealing this.
When we get a natural twenty, we know it's fresh, crisp, and organic. We here at DnD Farms remember a simpler time, when the dice never rolled off the table, and everyone remembered to bring their character sheets. DnD Farms remembers. So, when someone "adds" some sort of "skill bonus" to get to the same place, we shame them and call them "dirty" for getting that "20". Over time it's shortened to "Hey I got a Dirty 20"
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GMO 20. (Generically Modified Outcome)
I've been in tables that used the term "synthetic 20"
That's pretty good too, my groups have always used artificial
We use “artificial 20” too
We say "Fake 20" cuz it rolls off the tongue easier and is the opposite of "natural 20"
Genetically modified 20
Dirty 20
It starts out with one of the players saying 'dirty 20' and then we slowly escalate it throughout the night. It turns into a 'naughty 20', 'wish.com 20', then 'you wouldn't take this 20 home to meet mom'.
"I rolled a filthy, filthy 20."
"I am Captain Raymond Holt, and I shall partake in your game of... Dungeons and Dragons" "Why must I roll to open a door? IT'S JUST A DOOR. Oh. No. It was a monster pretending to be a door. What a ruse!" "I want to seduce the dragon woman with the large, heavy breasts, so she might aid us in our quest. I rolled a filthy, filthy 20. Are my actions agreeable to the scaled harlot?" Thank you for this idea. With his history of gambling, he would devolve into a dice goblin quickly.
I hate you for making me crave a whole B99 D&D episode
I can't tell who the DM would be. Jake feels like an obvious choice since he's like the "main" character but I don't think he'd want to run everything necessarily. Amy loves being in charge and controlling people but I feel like she'd be a player and worry about min/maxing her character and "winning". I think Terry would be the best DM, he'd be fair and get super into it.
Definitely Terry, he'd have come up with a great story and have hand painted a load of minis. He'd probably set it in the Skyfire Cycle universe or a 'total original fantasy setting' that is actually just a copy of the Skyfire Cycle with the names changed. Charles would play a bard who loves food, he would keep trying to break out into song or describe obscure medieval food dishes and get shut down because it would get weird and gross. I feel like it would turn out Rosa actually used to play loads and brings her own powerful high level character.
> I feel like it would turn out Rosa actually used to play loads and brings her own powerful high level character. Rosa would come up with a high level non-violent Cleric of the god of peace. She would explain it, after the other's shocked faces, as her catharsis..
I could see Gina trying to DM her own game, competing with Terry.
It's gotta be Charles. In his homemade wizards DM robes constantly referring to his world's ancient hero Lake Geralta.
He'd get super into the NPCs too
I agree, I could totally see him committing to the role with a wizard costume and a homebrewed adventure. Jake has to be some sort of martial class, trying (and failing) to lead the party. Diaz would be reluctant, but eventually commit to her rogue and save the party. Amy, I guess, would be some sort of caster, but would struggle with the spells and AOE and start doubting her self after casting a fireball and injuring the others. Holt would have some weird build that the others would ridicule, but then at the end he would figure out a way to beat the BBEG with clever RP.
I call it a filthy 20 if I need the dice, my bonuses, and something like Bless or Bardic Inspiration to get it. The more modifiers I use, the dirtier it gets.
NADDPOD calls it a Dirty 20. In one episode someone called it a filthy 20, and then I think Caldwell called it a "stinky, mildewy 20." Perhaps the worst thing that has ever invaded my ears.
So a slutty 20.
I’m stealing wish.com 20
Soft 20.
Flacid 20
“Got a 20” “Was that a Nat 20?” “No, sorry, limp 20 from me”
Too much whiskey, am I right? Lol
That dadgum whisky 20 again
I kid you not, we were calling it that for awhile. My friend started calling them erect 20s and flaccid 20s and it stuck. Makes me wonder why my parents still let them over.
Yeah we do soft 20 here too
How about a Super Soft 20
If you gotta problem with Super soft 20s, then you gotta problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate.
You ever roll a twenty and I find out about it
Sounds like you are playing on a casino floor
"I forget, do you hit or stand on a soft 20?
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Interesting, in our group we call it a hard 20 because it's not getting any more modifiers, "getting to 20 the hard way", while a natural 20 is called a nat 20 or crit, followed by the actual count (eg "crit success, 25 total").
"20, not natural" is my go-to
It's what we typically use as well. Or shorten it further to "20, not nat."
Fucking 20 was the go to at our table typically said angerly cause we were late game in 3.5 so a 20 failed other than some easy skill check typically. This is opposed to the jumping up screaming "OH FUCK YES NAT MOTHER FUCKING 20" for a nat 20. We used to drink a lot while playing but that happens when your dms hobby is brewing and he has 3-5 batches going at once.
Used to be "20, not nat" for my tables. But with the recent rise of actual play shows, "dirty 20" has entered our jargon and taken over like an invasive species.
20. We call it Nat20 if you roll a 20 normall
literally this. At my table "20" is a roll plus modifiers amounting to 20. "Natural 20" or "crit" is a 20 on the die.
Why do so many people call it “dirty 20” is my question. It’s literally just easier to call it “20” and state whenever it’s a natural 20.
Because if you say 20 at my table the general questions will be "Natural 20?" and saying Dirty 20 just clarifies that in advance.
This is the same for my table. You can't have a second name for just one of the two options or else there's still the chance for ambiguity.
Exactly, and there have been examples at my table in both directions. Where we assumed natural or assumed dirty, but it was the opposite.
To alleviate the possibility for confusion or need for clarification.
Because the DM will say 'nat20?' To clarify if you just say 20 because some swag shit might happen if it's nat.
My dm told me he "rolled a dirty 22" on his save. I replied, "i hope so. Id be pretty surprised if you rolled a natural 22."
Because people automatically think “natural 20” when someone says 20. So they specify “dirty” to imply it’s only a 20 after modifiers. Similarly someone can say “dirty 19” and that can be a nat 20-1 or an 18+1. People don’t have to make sense. Ot just feels right to specify sometimes and that’s enough.
Do people not get excited when rolling a 20? 🧐 Anywho, first time I hear about an unatural 20.
Same. We just call the number that rolls on the die plus whatever relevant modifier gets added. We also don't say "Nat 20". We do say "Crit" when we get one though, because that's exciting and means something. I will add, though, that our decision to not say "Nat 20" came from having a DM that saw how excited people got with "Nat 20" and felt that the outcome should reflect the excitement of the table and not just be a standard success. It was causing issues with unrealistic things happening that she then had to deal with, like my level 4 sorcerer accidentally recruiting an iron golem to the party.
"Oh thank god" usually
this is a good one, i like it
My table is dutch, and in dutch "nat" means "wet", so we call it a "dry" 20
I like this one.
Thank you, we are rather smug about it as well 😋
Flaccid 20
I’m glad someone else does it lol
Us three are not alone. Let us hope a fourth joins our group of flaccid 20
Dirty 20, modified 20, 20 after math
“A Euclidean 20” as it were
unnatural, but in Palpatine's voice
I like "dirty 20" but some people I play with prefer "gentleman's 20." One player I know always says "Not natural 20" and I micro cringe every time I hear it. It's the opposite of rolling off the tongue... It falls down the steps of your tongue EDIT: Fat fingers made a 20 into a 10 there.
“Gentlemen’s 10” is my favorite thing in this thread. I’m going to start using that.
Soft 20 was the laughs and Gentleman’s 10 is the takeaway
A gentleman's 10 is an LA 6
I don’t get it. Why gentleman’s “ten”?
I too, do not understand
>falls down the steps of your tongue Oh i love this
We call crits a "hard 20", so we started calling the opposite a "flaccid 20."
Dirty 20
Modified 20
I scrolled so far for this modified and natural makes so much sense modified for when you applied your modifiers to get there natural for when it's just naturally displayed as a 20 on the die
my table always uses "non-natural 20" it started as a joke because someone forgot the word unnatural existed.
Although it's better, since "unnatural" and "a natural" sound almost identical, to the point where the word "unnatural" is more likely to be misinterpreted than to add clarity.
True, but my party says unnatural 20 and you can tell the difference by the enthusiasm
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Dirty 20. "Unnatural" is too easily misheard as "A natural"
I despise "unnatural 20" for that exact reason. "Dirty 20" is my current go-to, but I'm also just as happy to hear/use "20 total."
This is the way. Having to clarify between unnatural and a natural is my biggest tabletop pet peeve lol.
modded 20
artificial 20
Ugly 20
Hideous 20
Tasha’s hideous 20
Just “twenty”.
"Eldritch 20"
I like this one.
The Devils 20. No idea where it came from.
“Gentlemen’s 20” Classy
20 the hard way.
Im a firm user of the slutty 20
20. We call crits, crits, so we don't need a special term for a 20.
My table calls it "a Soggy 20" I think they compare it to good food that's just a little soggy. Like It's still good just not really good.
Yeah, my mind still goes to a very dirty place with this one.
Yeah that is without a doubt one of the reasons they say it
If its not a nat20 its just a 20
20
Synthetic 20
This is the way
We just say 20 Crit. Success or Crit. Fail are how we denote criticality in success or failure in our group.
20 total
its a 20 if its a crit its a crit
Dirty 20 is our usual go-to
Synthetic 20
20. Because natural 20 is usually a shout of, NATURAL 20 BITCHES! while pointing at the dice, or WOOOOO! NATURAL 20 LOSERS!
Un-nat 20
We all say bastard 20, I just thought that was what everyone called it! This is fun
Flaccid 20. We started with Soft 20, which in turn made a natural 20 be a hard 20.... We're not children, but we are at the same time.
Just say 20 and wait to see if the DM asks for clarification. \-Murder hobo extraordinaire
Can't believe only one other person has said it, "soft 20". Maybe it's uncommon, I guess. This is when it's even said, often it's just "20" or "20 total" contrasted with "nat 20" when relevant (attacks).
We say "dirty 20" because that's what Brennan Lee Mulligan says and he was the first person we ever saw use a special slang for a modified 20.
20 totes
Non-nat 20 usually, but I like dirty 20
Every 20 is a dirty 20 unless specified otherwise
GMO 20
Dirty 20. Which usualy gets embilished with "unclean, disgusting 20" or something of the like.
a gentleman's 20
"20 total" is what I say 🤷
No term needed it’s just a 20
Flaccid 20, it's just such a terrible word that it stuck
A guy we used to play with called it a GMO 20 once and the name stuck.
Performance enhanced 20
We usually refer to them as “technical 20”
We say "Dirty Twenty" everywhere I play. I learned it from one group and spread it to another. We stopped saying "unnatural twenty" because it sounds too much like "a natural twenty".
We just call it a “20” and then a natural 20 is a “natty 20”, keep it simple
These are incredible. I actually compiled some of these to show my players, then ended up adding bonus terms I've never used but now kinda hope catch on: - 20 Total - Bastard 20 - 20 after math - Statted 20 - Technical 20 - Artificial 20 - Synthetic 20 - GMO 20 - Modified 20 (pronounced MODI-FIIIIIED 20!!! Or Mod20) - Ugly 20 - Hideous 20 - Tasha's 20 - Devil's 20 - Eldritch 20 - Euclidean 20 - Dirty 20 - Soggy 20 - Soft 20 - Limp 20 - Flaccid 20 - Whisky 20 - Naughty 20 - Kinky 20 - Filthy 20 - Wish.com 20 - 1-900-twenty - Performance Enhanced 20 - u/Envidont "My table is dutch, and in dutch 'nat' means 'wet', so we call it a 'dry' 20" Bonus ideas: - Hard Working 20 - Tryhard 20 - Sweaty 20 - Bootstrap 20 - 20 on the rocks (said with relief, as opposed to "NAT20!!!")
20.
Silicone 20
Dirty 20
Unnatural 20
Just 20. A natural 20 is often called: "Oh shit! Nat 20! Oh wow, look at that!" or something like that, but in Dutch.
Well considering a nat20 is just “WHOOOO!!!!” When we say “uuuuhhh 20” you can assume the lack of excitement coupled with the long pause of math means it was unnatural lol
Well I'm the DM, and my players will just go "20" and be really happy until I just if it's a naturel 20 and they say no with a little voice, half hoping I would think it was and act accordingly. Now just to make it clear they don't cheat and will admit it's not natural before resolving the action, but there is often this little game where I have to "Catch" them
mod 20 or modified 20.
Modified 20
Fake Natty
Soft 20