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If an NPC is telling the truth, what's the Insight DC to know they're telling the truth?
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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7583360" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>Yes, and as DM, I want to limit the amount of assumptions I'm making about what the character is actually doing. For one, it's not my role as DM to say what the character does and, for another, I don't want to create a situation where the player may object to what I establish (e.g. "I didn't say I was moving toward the dragon statue..."). If a player states a clear goal and approach that takes into account the environment the DM just described, we neatly avoid any of these issues. What's more, the player may well be able to avoid rolling the dice with a good action declaration that results in automatic success which is more desirable than leaving your fate to a swingy d20.</p><p></p><p>Nobody is saying that anyone has to be an expert in anything. That is a ridiculous assertion with no basis in reality that gets trotted out in every related discussion and is thoroughly shot down every time. We should ask the people who keep making this assertion why they keep doing it. Because I'm starting to suspect it's not just a simple misapprehension.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7583360, member: 97077"] Yes, and as DM, I want to limit the amount of assumptions I'm making about what the character is actually doing. For one, it's not my role as DM to say what the character does and, for another, I don't want to create a situation where the player may object to what I establish (e.g. "I didn't say I was moving toward the dragon statue..."). If a player states a clear goal and approach that takes into account the environment the DM just described, we neatly avoid any of these issues. What's more, the player may well be able to avoid rolling the dice with a good action declaration that results in automatic success which is more desirable than leaving your fate to a swingy d20. Nobody is saying that anyone has to be an expert in anything. That is a ridiculous assertion with no basis in reality that gets trotted out in every related discussion and is thoroughly shot down every time. We should ask the people who keep making this assertion why they keep doing it. Because I'm starting to suspect it's not just a simple misapprehension. [/QUOTE]
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