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<blockquote data-quote="DarkMaster" data-source="post: 1365634" data-attributes="member: 16362"><p>Sorry I wasn't clear. The skills are used to asses how somebody is communicating the information not to determine the validity of the content(there are spell for that). Therefore when you roll a sense motive you want to see if you can notice something unusual in the attitude of the NPC which could make you beleive that he is not telling you the thruth or he is trying to hide something from you. You can also detect the intention of the speaker, he wants you to buy that sword badly, why? then sense motive roll would determine the outcome of investigation</p><p></p><p>simple example.</p><p></p><p>NPC : please buy this sword</p><p>PC : Roll sense motive against NPC bluff :success</p><p>DM : by talking a bit with him you figure out that this guy really want you to buy the sword.</p><p>PC : I wonder why, I will try to ask subtle question using sense motive to get more from this guy.</p><p>DM : roll sense motive against NPC bluff :fail</p><p>DM : you attempt to ask him subtle question in order to get a clue on why he needs to sell you that sword but he is very smart and answers all your questions vaguely preventing you from getting more info. </p><p></p><p>In this "skill combat" you detect a lie or a false truth but the skill didn't allow you to find figure out the truth. Then the PC counter attacked and fail. If the PC roll would have been a success the amount of information that I would have revealed would have been proportionate to the difference of the roll. </p><p></p><p>I really enjoy those encounter. </p><p></p><p>Let's say the first roll would have fail. the only thing they would know is that this guy wants to sell them a sword. It doesn't mean they trust him, just that they cannot see anything in his action/words that could reveal that they can't trust him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkMaster, post: 1365634, member: 16362"] Sorry I wasn't clear. The skills are used to asses how somebody is communicating the information not to determine the validity of the content(there are spell for that). Therefore when you roll a sense motive you want to see if you can notice something unusual in the attitude of the NPC which could make you beleive that he is not telling you the thruth or he is trying to hide something from you. You can also detect the intention of the speaker, he wants you to buy that sword badly, why? then sense motive roll would determine the outcome of investigation simple example. NPC : please buy this sword PC : Roll sense motive against NPC bluff :success DM : by talking a bit with him you figure out that this guy really want you to buy the sword. PC : I wonder why, I will try to ask subtle question using sense motive to get more from this guy. DM : roll sense motive against NPC bluff :fail DM : you attempt to ask him subtle question in order to get a clue on why he needs to sell you that sword but he is very smart and answers all your questions vaguely preventing you from getting more info. In this "skill combat" you detect a lie or a false truth but the skill didn't allow you to find figure out the truth. Then the PC counter attacked and fail. If the PC roll would have been a success the amount of information that I would have revealed would have been proportionate to the difference of the roll. I really enjoy those encounter. Let's say the first roll would have fail. the only thing they would know is that this guy wants to sell them a sword. It doesn't mean they trust him, just that they cannot see anything in his action/words that could reveal that they can't trust him. [/QUOTE]
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