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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7462879" data-attributes="member: 996">Asking questions of the DM in 5e is slightly off.  The PC does not have a hot line to an omniscient being (well unless he has access to powerful divinations).  Rather, the player needs to declare an action - as simple as trying to remember or put together anything he might already know, or searching, seeking out experts, questioning witnesses or whatever. Once a player has an action the DM is obliged to narrate the results, which can be simple failure: you have no knowledge or insight into the question, there are no experts or witnesses available, you find nothing.The DM is as empowered to shut down investigation as any other player objective.</blockquote>