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I mean, I agree with that. I think maybe our main difference is that I don't want to spend my time trying to distinguish between those...

Not unless it's been discussed beforehand, no. Not even then, really.

I'm going to push back against you and @Crimson Longinus a bit. The DM does not always know that the PC is lying. If the PC is lying...

That's not the way it works in my game. The Players do what they believe their character would under the circumstances and within the...

No, the circumstances in that instance don't meet setting logic.

Then what is the social skill for?

if we're meant to be roleplaying, then i believe it's the character we should be focusing on.

No, you are overstating your case enormously. The Player decides how the character acts, based on what is happening in the world and the...

I never said I don't use die rolls and other rules to help. They're just tied into the character and the setting.

I think both sides should roll when attempting things that fall under whatever social rules the game has, with the caveat that there are...

When I'm playing an NPC, I am doing so just as much in the moment as the Player is.

A good system and a commitment to play your character, on either side of the screen, according to their knowledge, personality...

This is the flaw of treating the PCs and NPCs symmetrically, because you are right, the GM knows whether or not the PC is "lying"...

As I've said many times about many things, it's a spectrum, not a binary. Your hyperbolic straw man is not what I suggested, and I find...

I understand your point. I simply don't appreciate it's relevance in regards to play.