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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7588767" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I will sometimes have parts of the story that are more narrative and/or resolved with a handful of rolls.&nbsp; I haven't played dragon heist but certainly if time is not of the essence and the person doing the lockpicking is skilled enough that they don't run the risk of jamming a lock for example I'd just narrate the scenes with input from the players.&nbsp; In other cases I'll call for group checks or just rely on passive values.&nbsp; Certainly if the PCs can figure out a way past the guards by using a different route, setting up a distraction or bribery for example that works as well.But I think there's a difference between that and a player being able to &quot;describe what you want to do in such a way that you remove the uncertainty&quot; to bypass skill checks and having parts of the story you fast forward through because the details are not critical to the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7588767, member: 6801845"] I will sometimes have parts of the story that are more narrative and/or resolved with a handful of rolls. I haven't played dragon heist but certainly if time is not of the essence and the person doing the lockpicking is skilled enough that they don't run the risk of jamming a lock for example I'd just narrate the scenes with input from the players. In other cases I'll call for group checks or just rely on passive values. Certainly if the PCs can figure out a way past the guards by using a different route, setting up a distraction or bribery for example that works as well. But I think there's a difference between that and a player being able to "describe what you want to do in such a way that you remove the uncertainty" to bypass skill checks and having parts of the story you fast forward through because the details are not critical to the story. [/QUOTE]

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