History Main / LuckManipulationMechanic

* Stella Atlas from ''Roleplay/NothingIsSacred'' is able to, once per duel, substitute one her standard draw with a Destiny Draw, allowing her to draw any card from her deck so long as she has the spiritual energy to call it forth.

* In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks'', the mobile game version of the famous TCG, there are various Skills that can manipulate coin toss result, dice roll result, and even what card you draw next.

Compare LuckStat, which is a stat that passively provides bonuses or penalties to random game elements. Contrast HonestRollsCharacter, where the player or Game Master limit themselves to only accepting their initial stat rolls at character creation, with no re-rolling or "dice fudging" allowed.

* ''VideoGame/ForTheKing'': Stat checks (including attacks) normally make one to five rolls against a specific character stat, tallying successes and failures. Characters can spend points of Focus for automatic successes on rolls. However, each character has a small Focus pool and limited means of restoring it, including consumables, [[CharacterLevelSystem leveling up]], and rare events.

** The "Lucky" feat lets you reroll up to three rolls of your choice per long rest.
** Clockwork Soul sorcerers from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything have a few abilities that fit the bill. At first level, they can negate advantage and disadvantage on rolls a number of times equal to their proficiency number, and later on they get a minute of automatic 10s or higher on rolls, guaranteeing success on anything they’re proficient or have expertise with.

* The Hatred special rule in ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' functions like Preferred Enemy above. The Always Strikes First special rule when combined with base initiative being faster than an enemy works in a similar fashion.
** Also the Lore of Heavens has spells that offer dice reroll's on various things

*** 20th level Rogues have a feature called Stroke of Luck which lets them turn a missed attack into a hit, or a failed ability check into a roll of 20.

* A special version of ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' based on ComicBook/TheAvengers - a round board based on the Avengers shield, not the conventional square board - gives special powers to each player, based on which character (from [[Film/TheAvengers2012 the 2012 film]]) the player chooses. [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor’s]] power gives the player the ability to either reroll the die or force another player to do so. This power can only be used once on each journey around the board, but is reactivated every time the player passes Go. [[ComicBook/InvincibleIronMan Iron Man’s]] power means that he can use that power too if Thor has yet to use it.

* A special version of ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' based on ComicBook/TheAvengers - a round board based on the Avengers shield, not the conventional square board - gives special powers to each player, based on which character (from [[Film/TheAvengers2012 the 2012 film]]) the player chooses. [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor’s]] power gives the player the ability to either reroll the die or force another player to do so. This power can only be used once on each journey around the board, but is reactivated every time the player passes Go.

* A special version of ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' based on ComicBook/TheAvengers - a round board based on the Avengers shield, not the conventional square board - gives special powers to each player, based on which character (from [[Film/TheAvengers2012 the 2012 film]]) the player chooses. [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor’s]] power gives the player the ability to either reroll the die or force another player to do so. This power can only be used on each journey around the board, but is reactivated every time the player passes Go.

** In the 2[[[[superscript:nd]] Edition ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting, certain clerics of Tymora, the goddess of luck, have the granted power to re-roll a die once per day. Similarly some clerics of Beshaba, goddess of misfortune, have the ability to force enemies to re-roll their dice.

** In the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting during 2nd Edition certain clerics of Tymora, the goddess of luck, have the granted power to re-roll a die once per day. Similarly some clerics of Beshaba, goddess of misfortune, have the ability to force enemies to re-roll their dice.

** 3[[[[superscript:rd]] and 3.5 edition:

** 4[[superscript:th Edition]]:

*** Most leader-type Classes have powers that allows one to do this, such as the Bard's Unluck which allows him to swap an enemy good roll for a bad one and a friendly bad roll for a good one. The Virtue of Prescience build for Bards is based around this luck and fate manipulation.

*** Halflings in 5[[superscript:th]] edition have an inherent ability that allows them to reroll any d20 once any time they get a [[CriticalFailure natural 1]] (unless that 1 comes up in said reroll, in which case you have to use it). They can also have two unique feats that allow them to pass this onto nearby allies or force enemies to reroll an attack.

** From 3rd edition onward, the standard ability score rolling methods manipulate luck by giving you an extra dice to roll for each ability while requiring you to drop the lowest, skewing results towards higher than average numbers.
** Third edition introduced feats that allowed a player to reroll a saving throw that they just failed - given that the prerequisite for those feats was a bonus to the saving throw in question, it made it much more likely to succeed on the saves.
** ''D&D'' 3.5 had the Fate Spinner Prestige Class, where you could shift around good and bad luck, as well as the Fortune's Friend, where having supernatural good luck and unlikely events is a class feature. Neither are very powerful but they are hella fun to use.
** One late 3.5 supplement introduced a line of luck feats. Each feat increased the number of times per day you could re-roll a die by one, and also added a new circumstance under which they could be used. Of course, the useful feats all required having a bunch of less-useful feats as a pre-requisite. It also had a prestige class to build upon it. You basically had the choice to either sink all of your feats into luck to try and get something useful out of it, or ignore that it ever existed and pick up a number of minor bonuses with normal feats(+1 to hit, +3 to a skill check, +1 HP/level, etc).
** The Elf race in 4th edition has an innate power that allows the player to re-roll a single attack roll during an encounter, though they must accept the second result.
** Also in 4th edition is the Human power Heroic Effort, which allows them to add an additional four to any failed D20 roll in an encounter. The Wizard ability Shield works in a much similar way, only it add's to the player's AC to block an attack that would otherwise hit.
** Most leader-type classes in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 4th edition have powers that allows one to do this, such as the Bard's Unluck which allows him to swap an enemy good roll for a bad one and a friendly bad roll for a good one. In fact, The Virtue of Prescience build for Bards is BASED AROUND LUCK/FATE MANIPULATION. Halflings have the power to force an enemy to re-roll a hit.
** In 4th Edition ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'', the Dragonmark of Detection allows one to roll twice on perception checks and pick the best result.
** The 5th edition replaces a lot of the flat bonuses from varying situations in previous editions with advantage and disadvantage. A player with advantage (attacking a surprised opponent, making a skill check with another player assisting them, etc.) rolls an additional die and chooses the highest result, whereas the opposite occurs for players with disadvantage.
*** Halflings in this edition have an inherent ability that allows them to reroll any d20 once any time they get a 1 (unless that 1 comes up in said reroll, in which case you have to use it). They can also have two unique feats that allow them to pass this onto nearby allies or force enemies to reroll an attack.

* ''TabletopGame/PlanetMercenary'' allows players to spend an [=RiPP=] (Role Playing Point) to reroll one or more dice on a skill check. Having a Specialty in a skill allows rerolling once dice. Lastly, some weapon Qualities either skew the probability curve or allow for rerolls.

* Early editions of ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' had the Karma Pool, which allowed a character to re-roll dice for failed tests, buy additional dice for a test or even buy successes directly. 4th Edition calls it Edge.