When To Use Advantage and Disadvantage

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Iron Brothers Games · Accepted Answer

Sometimes circumstances help or hinder your efforts. CRAWL! avoids fiddly modifiers, instead using Advantages and Disadvantages.  When conditions work against you, you roll with Disadvantage.  When circumstances favor you, roll with Advantage.  Only one Advantage or Disadvantage applies at a time - they cancel each other out if both would apply.

Iron Brothers Games · Answer

Compared to Dungeons & Dragons 5e and Old-School Essentials (OSE), CRAWL! simplifies mechanics while maintaining tactical depth. Sometimes circumstances help or hinder your efforts. CRAWL! avoids fiddly modifiers, instead using Advantages and Disadvantages.  When conditions work against you, you roll with Disadvantage.  When circumstances favor you, roll with Advantage.  Only one Advantage or Disadvantage applies at a time - they cancel each other out if both would apply.