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<blockquote data-quote="Greenstone.Walker" data-source="post: 9061755" data-attributes="member: 6788312">I would add an additional item: Players describe action, intention and resources.In the early days(tm) of my gaming, a situation like the following was common.Player: I check for traps.GM: As you are checking the trap, a contact poison enters your skin.Player: But I never said I was touching it!GM: So how exactly are you checking for traps if you are not touching the chest?Player: using the Find Traps skill of course.At the start of my current group, I often had the following (an actual example from an early game).GM: You see a pile of bodies at the end of the field.Player: I roll Medicine.GM: Why? What's are you trying to achieve?Player: I want to know how they died.GM: What are you doing to determine that?Player: Using Medicine.I am now training my players to use I want to do X using Y with Z.I am also training (and failing) to stop them asking &quot;Can I?&quot;Player: Can I check how they died?GM: Of course you can. Are you actually doing it?Player: Ahhhh I don't know.GM (inside their head): Then why did you ask, you muppet?!?!?!?!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenstone.Walker, post: 9061755, member: 6788312"] I would add an additional item: Players describe action, intention and resources. In the early days(tm) of my gaming, a situation like the following was common. Player: I check for traps. GM: As you are checking the trap, a contact poison enters your skin. Player: But I never said I was touching it! GM: So how exactly are you checking for traps if you are not touching the chest? Player: using the Find Traps skill of course. At the start of my current group, I often had the following (an actual example from an early game). GM: You see a pile of bodies at the end of the field. Player: I roll Medicine. GM: Why? What's are you trying to achieve? Player: I want to know how they died. GM: What are you doing to determine that? Player: Using Medicine. I am now training my players to use [I]I want to do X using Y with Z[/I]. I am also training (and failing) to stop them asking "Can I?" Player: Can I check how they died? GM: Of course you can. Are you actually doing it? Player: Ahhhh I don't know. GM (inside their head): Then why did you ask, you muppet?!?!?!?! [/QUOTE]

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