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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7789942" data-attributes="member: 97077">An easy way to remember this as DM is to only ask for ability checks, then the player adds the skill proficiency that he or she best think applies given his or her description of what the character is doing. The rules say that players may ask if a particular skill proficiency applies to an ability check the DM has already called for. So this is just an extension on that which assumes a "Yes" answer to that question based on good faith play from the player.The trick in my view is that players will need to provide the appropriate detail BEFORE the DM asks for the ability check. Otherwise this can lead to the shenanigans of trying to add more to the description of what the character is doing after the fact just to get the proficiency bonus applied. That is what you do BEFORE the call for the roll, not after.</blockquote>