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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8446720" data-attributes="member: 7032025">Did I say anything to the contrary ? My point is just that when describing what they do, the players are much more likely to use words corresponding to skills than to abilities, that's all. After that what the DM does is his business.Not necessarily. I run equal opportunity games where you don't have to big good at words or charismatic to play a charismatic character, and short descriptions are always allowed, even if after that there can be precisions given if necessary.Because you allow this question in your games ? Why, all the PCs and NPCs don't have their level and aligment tattooed on their forehead ? [grin].I'm sorry but there is no way I allow this type of question in the game, people in the fantasy world do not have &quot;levels&quot; even the PCs.So you ARE starting from the skills, then, interesting. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />But then why is sleight of hand not appropriate ?That is more likely a save than anything else, but then where did I say I was forbidding ability checks ? I just pointed out that these are not the most common of checks, that's all, including in official publications.He could, but I would deny it as a DM, perception is already too strong a skill. Or maybe he could but with disadvantage... In any case, it would just slow the game down.That might be your idea, but I have given you good arguments for exactly the contrary (easier to spot in a list, players knows the most important ones by heart anyway, simpler question gives you a quicker answer, etc.).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8446720, member: 7032025"] Did I say anything to the contrary ? My point is just that when describing what they do, the players are much more likely to use words corresponding to skills than to abilities, that's all. After that what the DM does is his business. Not necessarily. I run equal opportunity games where you don't have to big good at words or charismatic to play a charismatic character, and short descriptions are always allowed, even if after that there can be precisions given if necessary. Because you allow this question in your games ? Why, all the PCs and NPCs don't have their level and aligment tattooed on their forehead ? [grin]. I'm sorry but there is no way I allow this type of question in the game, people in the fantasy world do not have "levels" even the PCs. So you ARE starting from the skills, then, interesting. :p But then why is sleight of hand not appropriate ? That is more likely a save than anything else, but then where did I say I was forbidding ability checks ? I just pointed out that these are not the most common of checks, that's all, including in official publications. He could, but I would deny it as a DM, perception is already too strong a skill. Or maybe he could but with disadvantage... In any case, it would just slow the game down. That might be your idea, but I have given you good arguments for exactly the contrary (easier to spot in a list, players knows the most important ones by heart anyway, simpler question gives you a quicker answer, etc.). [/QUOTE]

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