anest1s
First Post
Sometimes the players are missing something that the DM thinks its obvious.
He asks them to roll a Wisdom/Intelligence check, and if they roll above lets say 5, or 10 he tells them the obvious thing.
It gets weird for the DM if they all roll below 5.
Then if it is something so obvious that the players had figured it out already, and they just kept silent about it, it feels like the DM just stole their idea.
However there is no point to have the game stall for 1 hour until the players notice the obvious. And if a char with 18 wis/int is in the game, it is reasonable that the char should be smarter than the player.
I try to just tell the players the obvious things ("So you want to search for tracks in case someone left by foot, and you want to ask the victim some questions" - it is kinda implied that one could also teleport out etc) and have them roll for obscure details there is no way they would notice at a much higher DC.
How you handle situations where you want to tell your players something, but you feel you shouldn't?
Or you feel it is ok just telling?
How would you feel about your DM doing that?
He asks them to roll a Wisdom/Intelligence check, and if they roll above lets say 5, or 10 he tells them the obvious thing.
It gets weird for the DM if they all roll below 5.
Then if it is something so obvious that the players had figured it out already, and they just kept silent about it, it feels like the DM just stole their idea.
However there is no point to have the game stall for 1 hour until the players notice the obvious. And if a char with 18 wis/int is in the game, it is reasonable that the char should be smarter than the player.
I try to just tell the players the obvious things ("So you want to search for tracks in case someone left by foot, and you want to ask the victim some questions" - it is kinda implied that one could also teleport out etc) and have them roll for obscure details there is no way they would notice at a much higher DC.
How you handle situations where you want to tell your players something, but you feel you shouldn't?
Or you feel it is ok just telling?
How would you feel about your DM doing that?