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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 6870692">There is no change in rules required.&nbsp; The rules don't dictate how you are allowed to narrate the mechanics, as long as you don't change the result of the mechanics.&nbsp; If you think that Eloelle knows the answer to the riddle then YOU are using a house rule, because according to my PHB if she failed the Int check it means she didn't solve the riddle.&nbsp; I don't care if Eloelle's player narrates that she just happens to have the answer to that particular riddle tattooed on her left buttock (&quot;Sorry...did I not mention that when I was describing my character?&quot;)...if she failed the roll then she doesn't know the answer.IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER!&nbsp; THE FOLLOWING IS NOT MY CLAIM. I AM USING IT TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE CLAIMING.So if you are saying that Eloelle knows the answer then you have made up a house rule.&nbsp; It says something like &quot;Eloelle gets to turn failed rolls into successful rolls by invoking this story about her Patron&quot;.&nbsp; Thus:1) When ZoT gets cast she will in fact know the answer to the Riddle so she'll have to give up that answer2) Except that you've already established a house rule that Eloelle gets to override dice rolls, so she invokes her patron to resist the spell.So whether you have a house rule or not, the net result is the same: Eloelle doesn't reveal the answer to the Riddle under the effects of ZoT.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 6870692"] There is no change in rules required. The rules don't dictate how you are allowed to narrate the mechanics, as long as you don't change the result of the mechanics. If you think that Eloelle knows the answer to the riddle then YOU are using a house rule, because according to my PHB if she failed the Int check it means she didn't solve the riddle. I don't care if Eloelle's player narrates that she just happens to have the answer to that particular riddle tattooed on her left buttock ("Sorry...did I not mention that when I was describing my character?")..[I].if she failed the roll then she doesn't know the answer[/I]. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER! THE FOLLOWING IS NOT MY CLAIM. I AM USING IT TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE CLAIMING. So if you are saying that Eloelle knows the answer then you have made up a house rule. It says something like "Eloelle gets to turn failed rolls into successful rolls by invoking this story about her Patron". Thus: 1) When ZoT gets cast she will in fact know the answer to the Riddle so she'll have to give up that answer 2) Except that you've already established a house rule that Eloelle gets to override dice rolls, so she invokes her patron to resist the spell. So whether you have a house rule or not, the net result is the same: Eloelle doesn't reveal the answer to the Riddle under the effects of ZoT. [/QUOTE]

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