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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cruentus" data-source="post: 8718977" data-attributes="member: 7034645">That may be true in some games, or some GMs, but that's not what I try to do.  I'm not looking for someone to describe every step, action, and interaction, I'm not looking for someone to find the magic pixel.  I want them to interact beyond the simple mechanics of their sheet.Particularly after I've described:The party opens the door and finds a wooden floor, a frayed rug covering the middle of the floor, an armoire (wood, closed), a desk (heavy looking, well made) with papers, inkwells, writing implements, and several small boxes on it, and two chests in the corner (one large, one small on top of the larger, both bound in metal, with locks).  There are no windows, the walls are made of wood, and a half consumed candelabra sits on the corner of the desk, candle wax dripping onto the surface.What do you do?And there is no magic answer, but for me, it has to be more than "I make a perception check".Pretend you're playing Basic, and there is no Perception skill, actually, no skills on your sheet, then what?</blockquote>