FAQ
Rules questions
Section titled “Rules questions”Q: Does a Tenacity-bumped natural 20 trigger a crit?
No. RAW, the original die face determines crit. A roll bumped to a total of 20 is not a crit. The Tenacity Crits setting is an optional house rule that treats any raise to a total of 20 as a crit.
Q: Does a Tenacity-bumped roll of 1 still fail?
Yes. A natural 1 still fumbles for the same RAW reason: the die face determines the fumble, not the total. The bump still displays cosmetically, but the mechanical resolution is unchanged.
Q: How does Tenacity interact with advantage or disadvantage?
Tenacity bumps the kept die only. The keep resolves first, then the bump applies to that single die total. No second-die rescue.
Q: When does Tenacity resolve relative to other rerolls (Lucky, Indomitable, Portent)?
Tenacity spend resolves last. Reroll features complete and produce a final chat card; the Spend button appears on that final card and mutates that final result.
Q: Can Tenacity stack with Bless, Guidance, or Bardic Inspiration?
Yes. Dice and feature bonuses apply first, then Tenacity adds on top.
Q: Can you spend Tenacity on the roll that just granted it?
No. Self-rescue is blocked. Each Mote stores the chat message ID it came from, and the Spend dialog filters out any Mote tagged to the current roll. Refunded Motes keep their original source ID, so they stay locked to that roll too.
Q: Can you spend Tenacity on a concentration save or death save?
Not by default. Both are excluded from earn and spend. The Allow Concentration Save Raises and Allow Death Save Raises settings override this per world.
Q: What happens in a group check?
Each member spends individually. No group pool.
What Tenacity does not do
Section titled “What Tenacity does not do”- No help-other or cross-character spend. Each actor’s Motes belong to that actor only.
- No damage-roll bumping. Tenacity raises d20 totals; damage rolls stay untouched.
- No initiative or hit-dice bumping. Neither produces a d20 test the failure detector recognizes.
GM control questions
Section titled “GM control questions”Q: Can the GM grant Tenacity manually?
Yes. With Grant Button enabled, a +1 Tenacity button appears on d20 chat cards for the GM. The API also exposes api.grant(actor, { reason: 'manual' }). See API Reference.
Q: Can the GM revoke Tenacity?
Yes. The sheet badge exposes adjust controls in edit mode, and the API exposes a remove path. See API Reference.
Q: How do I disable Tenacity for NPCs?
Set NPC Support to None. NPC failed rolls won’t grant Motes. See Settings for the full list, and Earning Tenacity for the grant flow.