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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9508974" data-attributes="member: 6906155">You refused to specify how you are doing it, so the DM cannot adjudicate on success or otherwise of your attempt. There are lots of ways you might get into the castle: negotiation, stealth, trickery, getting a job as a servant, killing the guards, powerful magic, etc, but if you don't specify what you are doing then the DM cannot adjudicate.No, they are very different. &quot;Intent&quot; is what you want to achieve. &quot;action&quot; is what your character actually does. Frankly, the DM doesn't need to know your intent, although it probably doesn't hurt. The DM needs to know what your character actually does.No, you don't need to ask permission, but players will often ask for advice. Sometimes the character is better placed than the player to judge the likelihood of success of a particular course of action. &quot;Does my character think they will be admitted to the castle if I am disguised as an old washerwomen?&quot; is a perfectly reasonable thing to say to the DM before declaring your action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9508974, member: 6906155"] You refused to specify how you are doing it, so the DM cannot adjudicate on success or otherwise of your attempt. There are lots of ways you might get into the castle: negotiation, stealth, trickery, getting a job as a servant, killing the guards, powerful magic, etc, but if you don't specify what you are doing then the DM cannot adjudicate. No, they are very different. "Intent" is what you want to achieve. "action" is what your character actually does. Frankly, the DM doesn't need to know your intent, although it probably doesn't hurt. The DM needs to know what your character actually does. No, you don't need to ask permission, but players will often ask for advice. Sometimes the character is better placed than the player to judge the likelihood of success of a particular course of action. "Does my character think they will be admitted to the castle if I am disguised as an old washerwomen?" is a perfectly reasonable thing to say to the DM before declaring your action. [/QUOTE]

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