Fenris
Adventurer
In Grim Tales it mentions that you may use an action point to improve a d20 roll, for a skill check in this case. The decision to use an action point is made after the d20 roll, but before the DM announces the result.
My question is what to do about secret skill checks, ie those made by the DM. And with two different cases. When the character is actively attempting a skill but the DM rolls (forgery, disguise etc) so the player knows a d20 roll is going on. The second would be a pasisve skill such as sense motive, listen and spot, where the DM may not even be telling the player a check is being made.
I know there are different styles out there, and everybody has their own subset of what a player rolls and a DM rolls. But I am addressing this very generally, not trying to get bogged down in house rules of "well, I do things thusly...."
Thanks all.
My question is what to do about secret skill checks, ie those made by the DM. And with two different cases. When the character is actively attempting a skill but the DM rolls (forgery, disguise etc) so the player knows a d20 roll is going on. The second would be a pasisve skill such as sense motive, listen and spot, where the DM may not even be telling the player a check is being made.
I know there are different styles out there, and everybody has their own subset of what a player rolls and a DM rolls. But I am addressing this very generally, not trying to get bogged down in house rules of "well, I do things thusly...."
Thanks all.