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Because in response to my post saying that with D&D combat you need to hold your nose and accept that it's going to have significant...

RAW = What is written. There is no RAW that says those skills can be used against PCs. There is tons of RAW showing those skills being...

It's not an exaggeration. Everyone gets to see what everyone else is doing by the fraction of a second and can alter what they do...

The only problem with that is I had no idea he was there, so I wasn't ready at all. It's not like I walked down that area behind the...

So at least in 5.0 there is somewhat concrete guidance on how to apply ability checks in social situation on pages 244 and 245 of the...

Neither 5e nor 5.5e say that they do work on PCs. Further, every single example and all writing about social skills is PC using them on...

If you want to allow them to use them on a rock in your game, you can. As written, though, all examples and all writing is for use by...

Exactly, that's what I was talking about. I was out of the loop from the end of 3.5 to several years into 5e, so When I started...

What do you mean?

Yes. I get that you house rule social skills to work on PCs. I would not play in your game. From a RAW standpoint I am not wrong...

Neither does your NPC convincing my PC of something he can't be convinced of.

It's not like we haven't said it 10+ times. For PCs... Insight checks are simply to determine if you see signs of deception or truth...

Sure. That's the key. Without slowing things down. Combat is already slow. I will roll individual initiatives unless there are large...

When something can be done to move that needle without slowing things down, do it - even if it goes against RAW. And sometimes if...

I mean, I guess. If you want to take literally 30 hours for a small combat, you can make it very realistic and boring. You do you...