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<blockquote data-quote="Mordhau" data-source="post: 8447038" data-attributes="member: 7032137">The reality is that if players explicit have skills and tool proficiencies, then they know what they are good at and are going to describe actions to match up with what their good at.If the GM picks a skill or tool proficieincy the player hadn't intended then there's basically been miscommunication.Now the GM can overule what the player wants; it doesn't matter how many backflips they describe, the GM can decide that no, climbing walls is Strength and the appropriate proficiency is Athletics not acrobatics, but it's often very clear what skill a player has in mind.In practical terms, I think, the player describing rather than just stating a skill is, more about maintaining the fiction.In terms of tool proficiencies, you have the tools, so you just work them into what you're doing.&nbsp; I use carpenters tools to do X.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mordhau, post: 8447038, member: 7032137"] The reality is that if players explicit have skills and tool proficiencies, then they know what they are good at and are going to describe actions to match up with what their good at. If the GM picks a skill or tool proficieincy the player hadn't intended then there's basically been miscommunication. Now the GM can overule what the player wants; it doesn't matter how many backflips they describe, the GM can decide that no, climbing walls is Strength and the appropriate proficiency is Athletics not acrobatics, but it's often very clear what skill a player has in mind. In practical terms, I think, the player describing rather than just stating a skill is, more about maintaining the fiction. In terms of tool proficiencies, you have the tools, so you just work them into what you're doing. I use carpenters tools to do X. [/QUOTE]

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