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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4430292" data-attributes="member: 2011">I kept ignoring it because it is irrelevant. If I must prove it to you, ...1) The June 2008 podcast where David Noonan DMs, he never does what you claim. He asks players what the AC is of their PCs are and even says that he will be asking this question every 10 seconds or so.2) In the Wyatt podcasts, the players do not appear to know anything about how to play 4E. So, that cannot be used as standard game play (like you claim). He also states that he misses or he hits on occassion without stating what AC or defense he achieved.3) On the Chris Perkins podcasts, he does what David Noonan does and what James Wyatt does. He appears to change around. This is also a session with players that do not know 4E.Different DM strokes for different WotC designers. It also seems that the DMs are doing it this way because they are training and because they are not familiar with the PCs defenses.Your point is here is not rules and is basically irrelevant to the rules discussion. It's DM preference. Even WotC designers DM differently and they sometimes even DM differently based on what they roll on the dice.You can take a poll to ask how many DMs have PCs defenses written down, how many ask their players what their defenses are, and how many call out their to hit total and ask if it hits. I suspect the latter will be a very small percentage.</blockquote>