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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 7161803" data-attributes="member: 2011">That's cool. You play by your interpretation of what is written. It's just not the style I prefer. And just because the game designers explained their reasoning a bit on this does not mean that I think it is a better system.Like I said, I hate autofail and autosuccess and 5E (and to a lesser extent 4E) heads more and more in this direction.The concept of &quot;just say Yes&quot; is not a concept that I endorse. Sometimes Yes, sometimes No. As DM, I prefer to often let the dice decide this and not my whims.As an example, we use a &quot;High is good for the party&quot; roll. As DM, I might ask a random player (or the player asking a question) to give me a HIGFTP roll.Say a player asks: &quot;Are there any goats in this town?&quot;I don't force the player to actually walk up to a townsperson and ask his question &quot;in character&quot;. I don't bother to have them roleplay with townsfolk such a trivial and mundane question. Yes, if I did so, this might result in some &quot;on the fly&quot; inspiration on my part to impart more info, but meh. It's not on my list of fun roleplaying events. I also don't &quot;just say Yes&quot;.I set a DC. Say, 8. They roll the dice with no modifiers. If they get 8 or higher, they find at least one goat, maybe an entire herd. If they make the roll, or if I already knew there were goats in the town and did not ask for a roll, then I would say &quot;You ask around and find out about a corral full of them on the east side of town&quot;.I view a lot of the non-combat rules as guidelines. Like a buffet, I pick and choose what I like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 7161803, member: 2011"] That's cool. You play by your interpretation of what is written. It's just not the style I prefer. And just because the game designers explained their reasoning a bit on this does not mean that I think it is a better system. Like I said, I hate autofail and autosuccess and 5E (and to a lesser extent 4E) heads more and more in this direction. The concept of "just say Yes" is not a concept that I endorse. Sometimes Yes, sometimes No. As DM, I prefer to often let the dice decide this and not my whims. As an example, we use a "High is good for the party" roll. As DM, I might ask a random player (or the player asking a question) to give me a HIGFTP roll. Say a player asks: "Are there any goats in this town?" I don't force the player to actually walk up to a townsperson and ask his question "in character". I don't bother to have them roleplay with townsfolk such a trivial and mundane question. Yes, if I did so, this might result in some "on the fly" inspiration on my part to impart more info, but meh. It's not on my list of fun roleplaying events. I also don't "just say Yes". I set a DC. Say, 8. They roll the dice with no modifiers. If they get 8 or higher, they find at least one goat, maybe an entire herd. If they make the roll, or if I already knew there were goats in the town and did not ask for a roll, then I would say "You ask around and find out about a corral full of them on the east side of town". I view a lot of the non-combat rules as guidelines. Like a buffet, I pick and choose what I like. [/QUOTE]

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