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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 6867550" data-attributes="member: 205">[ATTACH]76044[/ATTACH]The deception is immaterial.&nbsp; If you get a 3 on an Arcana check, and the DM tells you the wrong information, and that's what you use in the game, it doesn't matter if you narrate it as &quot;I secretly knew the right answer but my patron convinced me not to tell anyone.&quot;&nbsp; It's like objecting to a Daredevil character having a 20 Dex just because he's blind.&nbsp; Or, to use a personal, real-world example, one my current characters is a (houseruled race) hobgoblin sorcerer with 7 Str.&nbsp; I've described him as a big, burly guy...with a crippled right arm.&nbsp; He can use it to hold an arcane focus, but that's about it.&nbsp; I simply narrate him as never using melee attacks, and when he does fail athletic checks (not as often as one would think, since he has expertise due to a racial feature), it's usually because his arm isn't usable for the task.&nbsp; If he succeeds, it's something he's figured out how to do with one arm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 6867550, member: 205"] [ATTACH=CONFIG]76044._xfImport[/ATTACH] The deception is immaterial. If you get a 3 on an Arcana check, and the DM tells you the wrong information, and that's what you use in the game, it doesn't matter if you narrate it as "I secretly knew the right answer but my patron convinced me not to tell anyone." It's like objecting to a Daredevil character having a 20 Dex just because he's blind. Or, to use a personal, real-world example, one my current characters is a (houseruled race) hobgoblin sorcerer with 7 Str. I've described him as a big, burly guy...with a crippled right arm. He can use it to hold an arcane focus, but that's about it. I simply narrate him as never using melee attacks, and when he does fail athletic checks (not as often as one would think, since he has expertise due to a racial feature), it's usually because his arm isn't usable for the task. If he succeeds, it's something he's figured out how to do with one arm. [/QUOTE]

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