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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6378336" data-attributes="member: 7006">The fact that Cutting Words can be used for attack rolls, ability check rolls and damage rolls means that the PC has many opportunities to use his dice.&nbsp; To remove one section of that ability-- the attack roll without having heard the number first... I wouldn't suspect to be that much of a hindrance.&nbsp; He's still get to use it on ability checks (where there shouldn't be any time reasons why you couldn't tell him what you rolled when an enemy was making an Insight check or a Stealth check against you)... and especially on damage checks.The one place where I think that you should allow him to use it in exchange for taking it away from him during regular attack rolls (even if the rules might not specifically say this was allowed) was on you rolling 20s for critical hits.&nbsp; When you roll a 20, I presume you state outright for people to hear something along the lines of &quot;and that's a critical&quot;.&nbsp; On those rolls, that's where I'd give him the ability to use Cutting Words to reduce that roll from a 20 to whatever.&nbsp; Now it still might result in a hit... but it at least would no longer be a critical hit.&nbsp; And that shouldn't change any time on your side, since you'll be announcing the crit (and thus stating you rolled a 20) anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6378336, member: 7006"] The fact that Cutting Words can be used for attack rolls, ability check rolls and damage rolls means that the PC has many opportunities to use his dice. To remove one section of that ability-- the attack roll without having heard the number first... I wouldn't suspect to be that much of a hindrance. He's still get to use it on ability checks (where there shouldn't be any time reasons why you couldn't tell him what you rolled when an enemy was making an Insight check or a Stealth check against you)... and especially on damage checks. The one place where I think that you should allow him to use it in exchange for taking it away from him during regular attack rolls (even if the rules might not specifically say this was allowed) was on you rolling 20s for critical hits. When you roll a 20, I presume you state outright for people to hear something along the lines of "and that's a critical". On those rolls, that's where I'd give him the ability to use Cutting Words to reduce that roll from a 20 to whatever. Now it still might result in a hit... but it at least would no longer be a critical hit. And that shouldn't change any time on your side, since you'll be announcing the crit (and thus stating you rolled a 20) anyway. [/QUOTE]

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