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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5896005">No, but the one professional actor I played with certainly pulled out all the stops in his RPing....and while it doesn't take much to say what you're doing instead of what you're rolling, I do feel this can lead to a very unfriendly environment when you are at a loss for words.&nbsp;That's a good point, and I do agree that skills that sound like actions make players more inclined to take actions rather than roll checks.&nbsp;Yes...and no, again I think this is variable depending on the table.&nbsp; I don't think all tables should come down to the proverbial &quot;mother may I&quot;, but sometimes a DM just doesn't think of a specific action as open when something comes up.&nbsp; So when a player says to me/the party &quot;Hey, I could probably bash this door down instead of unlocking it.&quot;&nbsp; Given that I probably didn't make an indestructible door, but might have been hoping for the party to take a more subtle route, I may not have considered that.&nbsp; So, while I may go &quot;okay, you can make that check&quot;, it was really the player who decided that that check was available to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 5896005"] No, but the one professional actor I played with certainly pulled out all the stops in his RPing....and while it doesn't take much to say what you're doing instead of what you're rolling, I do feel this can lead to a very unfriendly environment when you are at a loss for words. That's a good point, and I do agree that skills that sound like actions make players more inclined to take actions rather than roll checks. Yes...and no, again I think this is variable depending on the table. I don't think all tables should come down to the proverbial "mother may I", but sometimes a DM just doesn't think of a specific action as open when something comes up. So when a player says to me/the party "Hey, I could probably bash this door down instead of unlocking it." Given that I probably didn't make an indestructible door, but might have been hoping for the party to take a more subtle route, I may not have considered that. So, while I may go "okay, you can make that check", it was really the player who decided that that check was available to them. [/QUOTE]

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