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Sure, if you’ve previously established that “cheering someone up” can restore their hit points. That’s not normally possible in D&D...

Nah, it was That 70s Show that infected my brain with the snark worms.

No doubt you watched too many episodes of Miami Vice with Don Johnson.

Yes, which is why it’s preferable, because something is actually happening in the fiction.

No. You can describe trying to do so, and the DM, determining the approach has no reasonable chance of achieving the goal, will narrate...

No, the player wants to distract the guard. Explicitly so in the example being discussed.

Right, which is why there’s a die roll. To resolve the uncertainty in whether or not you accomplish what you wanted to do.

Yeah, it’s like the jerkass genie trope, where the genie actively looks for ways to (mis)interpret your wish that will result in a...

My position is that it I'd the GM's job to listen to the players and adjudicate THAT, not to play a shell game against the players...

If the players ask a bunch of questions, I haven't done a great job at describing the scene as DM. Sure, communication being imperfect...

That is the GM not listening to the player, as well as doing that thing bad GMs do which is decide that whatever they think must be the...

Not to get too pedantic but... the player describes what their character wants to do. 5e2014 PHB p6 Ok, so player wants their...

Asking questions is actually not described as part of the play loop in either 5e PHB. Both say the DM describes the scenario and the...

Both 5e PHBs say the players describe what they want to do. A want is an intention. The rules don’t state it in terms of goal and...

I don't think the GM should call for a roll. Just describe what happens when the PC throws a rock. Otherwise, you are confusing the play...