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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7543592" data-attributes="member: 23751">"2. The players describe what they want to do. Some times one player speaks for the whole party, saying, “We’ll take the east door,” for example. Other times, different adventurers do different things: one adventurer might search a treasure chest while a second examines an esoteric symbol engraved on a wall and a third keeps watch for monsters. The players don’t need to take turns, but the DM listens to every player and decides how to resolve those actions.Sometimes, resolving a task is easy. If an adventurer wants to walk across a room and open a door, the DM might just say that the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But the door might be locked, the floor might hide a deadly trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM decides what happens, often relying on the roll o f a die to determine the results of an action."Combat talks about some kinds of actions that are taken in combat, but it is not an exhaustive list, nor is combat the only place you are using actions.Edit:Wow.  It would suck if you ran out of those actions by mid-morning.DM: Well, your PC woke-up(1 action), took a bath(2 actions), got dressed(3 actions), shaved(4 actions), opened the door(5 actions), walked downstairs to the common room(6 actions), ordered breakfast(7 actions), ate breakfast(8 actions), paid for breakfast(9 actions), and walked out of the inn(10 actions).  That's a third of your daily allotment.  I hope you don't plan on getting too much done today.</blockquote>

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