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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7806461" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>Sure, but it still seems like you’re operating with the assumption that a check will need to be made and working to find an in-fiction reason to justify it. I’m reminded of the Sherlock Holmes quote about theorizing without data “one inevitably begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts.” Only in this case, we’re twisting actions to suit checks instead of checks to suit actions.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That’s certainly possible, assuming the action that lead up to this check had a reasonable chance of revealing whatever information the player is looking for, and a reasonable chance of failing to. So far, we’ve been discussing this hypothetical under the assumption that the player’s goal is to identify a connection between these standing stones and the ones out back of his childhood family farm, and his approach is giving them a thorough visual examination. Personally, I don’t see much room for uncertainty there. If the stones do look like the ones back home, his goal doesn’t really have a chance of failure - he looks at them, sees that they look the same, goal accomplished. If they don’t, it likewise doesn’t really have a chance of success - he looks at them, sees that they don’t look the same, no connection identified, goal failed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7806461, member: 6779196"] Sure, but it still seems like you’re operating with the assumption that a check will need to be made and working to find an in-fiction reason to justify it. I’m reminded of the Sherlock Holmes quote about theorizing without data “one inevitably begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts.” Only in this case, we’re twisting actions to suit checks instead of checks to suit actions. That’s certainly possible, assuming the action that lead up to this check had a reasonable chance of revealing whatever information the player is looking for, and a reasonable chance of failing to. So far, we’ve been discussing this hypothetical under the assumption that the player’s goal is to identify a connection between these standing stones and the ones out back of his childhood family farm, and his approach is giving them a thorough visual examination. Personally, I don’t see much room for uncertainty there. If the stones do look like the ones back home, his goal doesn’t really have a chance of failure - he looks at them, sees that they look the same, goal accomplished. If they don’t, it likewise doesn’t really have a chance of success - he looks at them, sees that they don’t look the same, no connection identified, goal failed. [/QUOTE]
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