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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8724452" data-attributes="member: 67338">the fact that I used the wrong word (obviously not understanding) wasn't the issue but being told again and again that i was lying and stealing agency...this scenario presented needed the following to line up:an easy to find door or passage with a single item blocking line of sightit being worthy of game time enough to have the scene take timeanda single specific detail that if the PCs didn't say... you know I'm not sure what happens if no one looks behind the book case?um okay I will bite... why is that?it is a roleplaying game so the decisions and strategies (IMO) should be based on what your character knows and how your character thinks not out of game knowledge skill or ability...(and plese no don't say "You can't be 100% prefect 100% of the time something will slip through because I am sick of that argument almost as much as I am sick of being accused of stealing player agency)well that is a long list of very different type of role playing... all of witch have happened over the years, I have never in recent memory made an AC lower or given an attack roll advantage for good tactics and I have never given a lower DC to find something for a detailed search.and I prefer when I take that feat to try to play smarter to show I am getting better at something</blockquote>