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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8749665" data-attributes="member: 29398">Er, or somebody understands the (new) game just fine and knows they have a right to roll.&nbsp; I think this new rule will lead to that, ultimately.Exactly.&nbsp; It has nothing to do with trust overall but everything to do with (perceived) fairness in the moment.&nbsp; Sure, I could roll a 20 and still fail, at which point the reason for said failure will almost certainly become obvious right away in any case.&nbsp; But hey, I might get lucky and not fail; and given that I-as-player don't know that in advance*, let me roll.The roll also informs both me and the DM as to the degree of failure - on a 1 here, maybe the Pally trips over a cat and falls on his face with a clash of armour likely heard two floors away (and maybe provides a great distraction for the rest of the party in the process!).* - I never tell DCs etc. and would probably not play under a DM who routinely did - my character rarely if ever knows the exact odds, so neither should I.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8749665, member: 29398"] Er, or somebody understands the (new) game just fine and [I]knows[/I] they have a right to roll. I think this new rule will lead to that, ultimately. Exactly. It has nothing to do with trust overall but everything to do with (perceived) fairness in the moment. Sure, I could roll a 20 and still fail, at which point the reason for said failure will almost certainly become obvious right away in any case. But hey, I might get lucky and not fail; and given that I-as-player don't know that in advance*, let me roll. The roll also informs both me and the DM as to the degree of failure - on a 1 here, maybe the Pally trips over a cat and falls on his face with a clash of armour likely heard two floors away (and maybe provides a great distraction for the rest of the party in the process!). * - I never tell DCs etc. and would probably not play under a DM who routinely did - my character rarely if ever knows the exact odds, so neither should I. [/QUOTE]

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