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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4505879" data-attributes="member: 1656">Ah!&nbsp; Now we're getting somewhere.&nbsp; You're no longer saying &quot;I use Diplomacy&quot;; now you're saying &quot;I attempt to use Diplomacy in order to achieve this result in this fashion.&quot;In similar fashion, consider a bottomless chasm in the middle of a dungeon.DM: &quot;How do you intend to cross?&quot;Player: &quot;I use Athletics!&quot;This is not describing your actions; this is simply naming a skill.&quot;I use Athletics to try and jump over it!&quot;&quot;I use Athletics to try and climb along the wall around it.&quot;&quot;It there anywhere I might attach a grappling hook, so I can use Athletics to swing over it on a rope?&quot;Now we have some - very basic, perhaps, but present nonetheless - descriptions of ways you are using your skill.There's a difference between &quot;I use Diplomacy!&quot; and &quot;I use Diplomacy to try and talk him into going along with our plan.&quot; You don't necessarily have to stand on your chair and make an impassioned speech in a French accent.&nbsp; But you do, at the least, have to say what action you are undertaking, not just name a skill.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 4505879, member: 1656"] Ah! Now we're getting somewhere. You're no longer saying "I use Diplomacy"; now you're saying "I attempt to use Diplomacy in order to achieve this result in this fashion." In similar fashion, consider a bottomless chasm in the middle of a dungeon. DM: "How do you intend to cross?" Player: "I use Athletics!" This is not describing your actions; this is simply naming a skill. "I use Athletics to try and jump over it!" "I use Athletics to try and climb along the wall around it." "It there anywhere I might attach a grappling hook, so I can use Athletics to swing over it on a rope?" Now we have some - very basic, perhaps, but present nonetheless - descriptions of ways you are using your skill. There's a difference between "I use Diplomacy!" and "I use Diplomacy to try and talk him into going along with our plan." You don't necessarily have to stand on your chair and make an impassioned speech in a French accent. But you do, at the least, have to say [i]what action you are undertaking[/i], not just name a skill. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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