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<blockquote data-quote="Savage Jim" data-source="post: 1846729" data-attributes="member: 24963">I prefer that players (which includes me in those rare instances that I actually get to play) focus primarily on role-playing and decision making/action declaration, stearing away from calculating odds, metagaming, and rules-lawyering.As a GM, I take the following actions...Do they know skill check DCs before they decide to use the skill?No.&nbsp; In addition, I don't use DCs but CDRs (Check Difficulty Ratings).&nbsp; These are calculated as:A = DC - 10The PC's Skill Check is then opposed by a roll of 1d20 + A.I don't use this for DCs under 10.Do they get to know the save DCs they're rolling against?No.&nbsp; These are also handled as above.Do they get to know which spell an NPC threw at them?No.&nbsp; In addition, spells may have a different &quot;look&quot; depending on the order/fellowship/brotherhood/etc. of the spellcaster, so a spell may be described, but it may not get the same description that it was given previously when another spellcaster cast it.Do you tell them the AC of a combat target? Or get them to roll and you tell them whether you hit or not? Something else?I use Defense Ratings (gained by Level + Dex), with DR for Armor/Natural Armor.&nbsp; The Defense Rating is rolled to oppose the Attack Roll.Do you tell them the total dice rolls or just whether the NPC failed or suceeded at whatever they were trying to do?Succeed or fail.I also make all rolls in the open, although the total number of modifiers is rarely known to the players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Savage Jim, post: 1846729, member: 24963"] I prefer that players (which includes me in those rare instances that I actually get to play) focus primarily on role-playing and decision making/action declaration, stearing away from calculating odds, metagaming, and rules-lawyering. As a GM, I take the following actions... [b]Do they know skill check DCs before they decide to use the skill?[/b] No. In addition, I don't use DCs but CDRs (Check Difficulty Ratings). These are calculated as: A = DC - 10 The PC's Skill Check is then opposed by a roll of 1d20 + A. I don't use this for DCs under 10. [b]Do they get to know the save DCs they're rolling against?[/b] No. These are also handled as above. [b]Do they get to know which spell an NPC threw at them?[/b] No. In addition, spells may have a different "look" depending on the order/fellowship/brotherhood/etc. of the spellcaster, so a spell may be described, but it may not get the same description that it was given previously when another spellcaster cast it. [b]Do you tell them the AC of a combat target? Or get them to roll and you tell them whether you hit or not? Something else?[/b] I use Defense Ratings (gained by Level + Dex), with DR for Armor/Natural Armor. The Defense Rating is rolled to oppose the Attack Roll. [b]Do you tell them the total dice rolls or just whether the NPC failed or suceeded at whatever they were trying to do?[/b] Succeed or fail. I also make all rolls in the open, although the total number of modifiers is rarely known to the players. [/QUOTE]

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