Bawylie
A very OK person
Heh. It's somewhat ironic. Folks in this thread have made a very specific point about how they are following the rules in the way they play. Yet, when you actually point out what the rules say about the skill, then suddenly the rules don't matter quite so much.
Seems somewhat inconsistent no?
I think that might’ve been me.
I said I don’t think Insight can determine whether a statement is true or false. I see the text “determine the true intentions of a creature, such as when searching out a lie or predicting a next move...”
IMO, that means you might determine whether someone intends to deceive you, persuade you, intimidate you, seduce you, distract you, confuse you, cheat you, deal straight with you, or what they might do next - but I don’t think it means “you can tell that NPC’s statement is a falsehood/truth.”
I base that on personal experience but I acknowledge my interpretation here is a little strict. I think if it could determine what statements were lies, it would say so. And I think THAT because every time anyone asks Crawford a rule question, his answer is like “the rules say X so it does X. If it were intended to do Y it would say Y.”
My opinion notwithstanding, it would still be a totally valid reading of the rules to say “insight can determine truth/lies.”
I still don’t think it can, but what do I know? Maybe it’s better and more useful if it does.