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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 9060152" data-attributes="member: 6921763">If those questions were in response to my describing the environment (Step 1 of the 5e Play Loop described on pg 6 of the PHB), I'd ask you to be clearer about what your character was trying to do (Step 2) so I, as DM, don't have to make assumptions for your character.&nbsp; If that directive was unclear, I might provide a few examples of what I might have a character do in a similar spot, but ultimately it would be up to you to be reasonably specific in describing what your character is doing in the scene.So...Perhaps &quot;can I use perception here?&quot; pivots to &quot;my character wants to examine the wall by tapping with a club&quot;.Maybe &quot;oh can arcane skill help?&quot; pivots to &quot;I want to try to decipher the runes on the pedestal&quot;.And &quot;Can I use Insight to see if they are hiding something?&quot; can simply be &quot;my character feels like this tavern keeper is hiding something.&quot;In any of those cases, the DM would either grant you information (auto-success), perhaps tell you the action is not possible (auto-failure), or ask you to roll an Ability Check with a particular skill in mind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 9060152, member: 6921763"] If those questions were in response to my describing the environment (Step 1 of the 5e Play Loop described on pg 6 of the PHB), I'd ask you to be clearer about what your character was trying to do (Step 2) so I, as DM, don't have to make assumptions for your character. If that directive was unclear, I might provide a few examples of what I might have a character do in a similar spot, but ultimately it would be up to you to be reasonably specific in describing what [I]your [/I]character is doing in the scene. So... Perhaps "can I use perception here?" pivots to "my character wants to examine the wall by tapping with a club". Maybe "oh can arcane skill help?" pivots to "I want to try to decipher the runes on the pedestal". And "Can I use Insight to see if they are hiding something?" can simply be "my character feels like this tavern keeper is hiding something." In any of those cases, the DM would either grant you information (auto-success), perhaps tell you the action is not possible (auto-failure), or ask you to roll an Ability Check with a particular skill in mind. [/QUOTE]

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