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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2225171" data-attributes="member: 707">I feel for you, man.  I can imagine possibly changing my DMing style, if I ever came across this phenomenon.  But as it stands, I haven't.  RPing comes naturally to my players.  The rolls make certain that their enthusiasm doesn't translate into everyone always succeeding, regardless of their characters' skills.  They go with what they want to say, then the rolls determine how well or poorly received their delivery is.I fear no hypocrisy here.  As Mallus has taken pains to point out, the two resolution mechanics are not identical.  While I have and do argue that the intent and purpose of both mechanics are identical, there are differences in how social and combat encounters are resolved.In the situation you outline, my players would likely say something like, "I step up 10' and throw my axe at her."  At which point I'd respond "Roll it," if the player hadn't already done so and given me the AC he hit.Basically, as billd91 pointed out so well, there are two phases in each scenario.  One is describing the "approach" and the other is the roll.  In a social situation, the "approach" is done through conversational interaction, the player talking with the NPC.  Then I call for the roll.  In combat, the "approach" is the selection of movement path (to avoid AoOs, perhaps), what special maneuvers to use, etc.  Culminating, again, in the roll.I should note that I try to encourage RP in combat as well as social situations, though the wargaming aspect of D&D combat means I'm not always successful.No worries, I'm not feeling picked on.  This kinds of discussions are great.  And if it turns out that I need to defend my position strongly, all the better.  If I can't defend my position, then maybe I need to reconsider that position! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Well-said.  If I had somehow allowed a PC to gain a +100 bonus to any skill, I'd certainly allow him to use it.</blockquote>

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