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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7078596" data-attributes="member: 42582">Well, I think following that suggestion would defeat what [MENTION=16586]Campbell[/MENTION] was talking about.This also relates back to some questions that [MENTION=6785785]hawkeyefan[/MENTION] and others asked about the OP, namely, why not just &quot;say 'yes'&quot; to the presence of a vessel in the room?Picking up the dice, rolling them, calculating the result - this is part of the ritual of play, which (in BW, at least) signals that something that matters is at stake. I don't want to hide that. I want to emphasise it.So if the PC walks into an inn out of the rain, and the player casually mentions &quot;I hang my wet cloak on a hook at the door&quot;, that will be accepted without any need for comment - it's a moment of &quot;saying 'yes'&quot;. But if the PC has arranged to send a signal to another character by hanging his/her cloak at the door - and it hasn't already been established, in the fiction, that there are hooks at the door - then that's the time for a check! The PC expects and hopes to hang his/her cloak; the player wants the same thing - the Inns-wise check will tell us whether or not there is a hook at the door. The prevalence of coat hooks at inn doors seems like something that would be pretty common knowledge, so the DC is probably low; but just picking up the dice and making the roll emphasises that something that matters is at stake here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7078596, member: 42582"] Well, I think following that suggestion would defeat what [MENTION=16586]Campbell[/MENTION] was talking about. This also relates back to some questions that [MENTION=6785785]hawkeyefan[/MENTION] and others asked about the OP, namely, why not just "say 'yes'" to the presence of a vessel in the room? Picking up the dice, rolling them, calculating the result - this is part of the ritual of play, which (in BW, at least) signals that something that [I]matters[/I] is at stake. I don't [I]want[/I] to hide that. I want to emphasise it. So if the PC walks into an inn out of the rain, and the player casually mentions "I hang my wet cloak on a hook at the door", that will be accepted without any need for comment - it's a moment of "saying 'yes'". But if the PC has arranged to send a signal to another character by hanging his/her cloak at the door - and it hasn't already been established, in the fiction, that there are hooks at the door - then that's the time for a check! The PC expects and hopes to hang his/her cloak; the player wants the same thing - the Inns-wise check will tell us whether or not there is a hook at the door. The prevalence of coat hooks at inn doors seems like something that would be pretty common knowledge, so the DC is probably low; but just picking up the dice and making the roll emphasises that something that matters is at stake here. [/QUOTE]

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