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<blockquote data-quote="redrick" data-source="post: 7299571" data-attributes="member: 6777696"><p>Sorry, maybe I am missing the point. Is the point that the player was trying to say, "I try to convince the Princess to give us some horses," but instead they say, "I lick my lips, wink at the Princess, and ask her if she wants to screw." And since they are rolling Persuasion, we are supposed to know, implicitly, that the character is actually trying to ask for help with their quest and adjudicate the roll as such?</p><p></p><p>Or is the player role-playing their character making a bad roll?</p><p></p><p>If the actions a player describes seem foolish enough, I might stop and say, "Wait, is that really what you are doing?" Usually, I slowly reach for the dice and allow the other players to say "wait what no really?". If the player says, "I attack the Princess," other players will probably try to intercede, which might be resolved out of character at the table or might be resolved in character with initiative rolls.</p><p></p><p>----EDITED TO ADD-----</p><p>Like, I'm getting my hackles up a little because I think the particular joke is tasteless, but I also think it does illustrate the point I'm trying to make. I'm not asking players to give me a complex treatise on what their player is doing. I'm just asking them to put a basic statement together, like, "I politely ask the Princess if she could supply us with some horses for our quest." It should be about as hard as not sexually harassing somebody.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redrick, post: 7299571, member: 6777696"] Sorry, maybe I am missing the point. Is the point that the player was trying to say, "I try to convince the Princess to give us some horses," but instead they say, "I lick my lips, wink at the Princess, and ask her if she wants to screw." And since they are rolling Persuasion, we are supposed to know, implicitly, that the character is actually trying to ask for help with their quest and adjudicate the roll as such? Or is the player role-playing their character making a bad roll? If the actions a player describes seem foolish enough, I might stop and say, "Wait, is that really what you are doing?" Usually, I slowly reach for the dice and allow the other players to say "wait what no really?". If the player says, "I attack the Princess," other players will probably try to intercede, which might be resolved out of character at the table or might be resolved in character with initiative rolls. ----EDITED TO ADD----- Like, I'm getting my hackles up a little because I think the particular joke is tasteless, but I also think it does illustrate the point I'm trying to make. I'm not asking players to give me a complex treatise on what their player is doing. I'm just asking them to put a basic statement together, like, "I politely ask the Princess if she could supply us with some horses for our quest." It should be about as hard as not sexually harassing somebody. [/QUOTE]
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