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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8320554" data-attributes="member: 3400">I think some of it may come from bad habits developed in other games they've played. Did a GM require them to roll for everything and they've brought that style over to the game in question?Or is it possible they're just trying to be efficient and roll it ahead of the GM asking for it?I had that happen a lot in online play by post games. In a situation like that, it feels like you're being efficient by including a roll so that you don't have to go through the overhead of having the GM see the post, read the post, respond to the post asking for a roll, for you to see the response, respond with a roll, wait for the GM to see the post, and then adjudicate it. But it still ends up being annoying as your players end up attaching a diplomacy/persuasion roll every time they open their yaps to an NPC. I had to press players of a play by post game I was running to stop doing that.With either case, I do recommend stepping back from needing any rolls for interaction until it's necessary and some point of question comes up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 8320554, member: 3400"] I think some of it may come from bad habits developed in other games they've played. Did a GM require them to roll for everything and they've brought that style over to the game in question? Or is it possible they're just trying to be efficient and roll it ahead of the GM asking for it? I had that happen a lot in online play by post games. In a situation like that, it feels like you're being efficient by including a roll so that you don't have to go through the overhead of having the GM see the post, read the post, respond to the post asking for a roll, for you to see the response, respond with a roll, wait for the GM to see the post, and then adjudicate it. But it still ends up being annoying as your players end up attaching a diplomacy/persuasion roll every time they open their yaps to an NPC. I had to press players of a play by post game I was running to stop doing that. With either case, I do recommend stepping back from needing any rolls for interaction until it's necessary and some point of question comes up. [/QUOTE]

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