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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 1402409" data-attributes="member: 3608">Why does a player need to know how the skill Sleight of Hand works?All a player needs to know is whether his character has the skill and what his modifier is. (Which is on their character record.)The player just tells the DM what his character tries to do. The DM then decides whether Sleight of Hand is appropriate and how to use it.The player might ask the DM what his character thinks of his chances for success at a particular action. Again, the player doesn't need to know any rules for that.Well, that's what works for me. I like players who are knowledgable about the rules because they can help me remember things and make cogent arguments about how to handle gray areas. I don't expect that players need to know the rules, though. In fact, sometimes I wish a player who knows the rules would forget them: Don't worry about rules, just tell me what your character does.</blockquote>