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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: 7586054" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>Hussar's words in his last post seem to indicate a deeper misunderstanding with regard to the DM-player relationship than how the DM interprets the Insight skill proficiency.</p><p></p><p>I will note, for the record, that Insight reads: "...you can determine the true intentions of a creature, such as when searching out a lie..." So I would say it's fairly used as a way to resolve tasks to detect the truthfulness of an NPC, but how precise it is will depend on the player's approach to the goal and the DM's interpretation of the rule relative to the situation.</p><p></p><p>But again, if the players are only ever trying to suss out lies from NPCs, then I think that's a sign the DM needs to get better at presenting social interaction challenges and maybe stop having the NPCs lie all the time. Having lies be the only obstacle in a social interaction challenge is like having pit traps be the only obstacle in an exploration challenge - you can do better!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7586054, member: 97077"] Hussar's words in his last post seem to indicate a deeper misunderstanding with regard to the DM-player relationship than how the DM interprets the Insight skill proficiency. I will note, for the record, that Insight reads: "...you can determine the true intentions of a creature, such as when searching out a lie..." So I would say it's fairly used as a way to resolve tasks to detect the truthfulness of an NPC, but how precise it is will depend on the player's approach to the goal and the DM's interpretation of the rule relative to the situation. But again, if the players are only ever trying to suss out lies from NPCs, then I think that's a sign the DM needs to get better at presenting social interaction challenges and maybe stop having the NPCs lie all the time. Having lies be the only obstacle in a social interaction challenge is like having pit traps be the only obstacle in an exploration challenge - you can do better! [/QUOTE]
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