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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7759050" data-attributes="member: 42582">No edition of D&D ever - includinge 5e - has used the following method for resolving combat:The player says how their PC is going to defeat their opponent in combat. The GM then tells them whether they win, whether they lose, or if a an ability check is required. If the lattermost, the GM specifies which ability is required, and what proficiencie(s), if any, might apply. The GM also sets a DC. If the check equals or exceeds the DC, the PC wins the fight. Otherwise s/he loses, with consequences determined by the GM.And I think an attempt to publish a version of D&D that had such a rule would not be regarded as "perfectly fine" by most D&D players.The fact that non-combat resolution is handled more-or-less like that in both 2nd ed AD&D and 5e tells us something about how the game is expected to work: players can use the combat rules to impose changes on the gameworld that don't need to be mediate through GM decision-making (unless the GM outright fudges); but the same is not true for non-combat action declarations.</blockquote>