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<blockquote data-quote="igavskoga" data-source="post: 3227916" data-attributes="member: 41188">I've always found that this is in the same kind of grey area that the disguise skill can be in as well.If I'm in a city I've never been in, disguised so I look differently among people I've never met, and interacting with people I've never met - is there really a need to worry about somebody seeing through the disguise?&nbsp; They have no reason to doubt that I actually have blonde hair rather than my natural black.In instances where there is no possible reason for someone to doubt that I am lying, if I'm not specifically trying to coerce them, I typically handwave the opposed roll - often setting a low DC in my head for their &quot;bluff&quot; check just on the off chance they may say something completely outrageous.Similarly, in instances when someone has no reason to question (or in fact does not know my actual name/history) the fact that I am Altair Nellom, merchant apprentice on the run from my abusive master who lives in a city 150 miles away, I'll typically handwave that as well.A lot of social skills require DM involvement so that the PC does not think any of his hard thought ideas goes to waste on a single die roll, and so that everyone at the table gets the most out of those skills.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="igavskoga, post: 3227916, member: 41188"] I've always found that this is in the same kind of grey area that the disguise skill can be in as well. If I'm in a city I've never been in, disguised so I look differently among people I've never met, and interacting with people I've never met - is there really a need to worry about somebody seeing through the disguise? They have no reason to doubt that I actually have blonde hair rather than my natural black. In instances where there is no possible reason for someone to doubt that I am lying, if I'm not specifically trying to coerce them, I typically handwave the opposed roll - often setting a low DC in my head for their "bluff" check just on the off chance they may say something completely outrageous. Similarly, in instances when someone has no reason to question (or in fact does not know my actual name/history) the fact that I am Altair Nellom, merchant apprentice on the run from my abusive master who lives in a city 150 miles away, I'll typically handwave that as well. A lot of social skills require DM involvement so that the PC does not think any of his hard thought ideas goes to waste on a single die roll, and so that everyone at the table gets the most out of those skills. [/QUOTE]

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