D&D 5E No Equivalent of Detect/Discern Lies in 5E?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You seem to think that the City Watch really wants to track down all the thieves and assassins and that it's well funded enough to do so. And that the thieves guild isn't paying for the policeman's ball and the last time the cops tried clamping down on the assassin's guild the head of the watch didn't receive a basilisk's head in his bed. Also that both are illegal.

It would behoove everyone to read Pratchett's Discworld books. Leaving aside the comedy, which I think makes some people not take it seriously, he actually thought a lot about what a world with RPG-style assumptions would look like. (Far more than the official D&D novelists have, ironically.)

 

[Garthanos]

+10 to Insight while attuned!

Oy that is extreme would probably less than that even in 4e it might allow using Arcana instead of insight for an insight check to determine a lie, (then a bonus based on the item pluses)

 

[DigitalGoddess]

If you DM it properly, its entirely possible to have your NPCs lie via omission (vs. commission). You tell the truth, just not all of it. Leaving out a few critical details can really change things. It requires some creativity to manage but it is definitely doable. I think a lot of DMs just didn't grok the possibilities for mayhem, red herrings, and wild goose chases that "Detect Lies" provides.

Town Watch Questioning Chamber Maid

Q: Did you see the Baron throw the Baroness down the stairs?
A: Yes. (TRUE)

What got left out was the Baroness was trying to stab the Baron and the servant being questioned was promised a reward for providing her testimony of the events.

 

[Weiley31]

Got replaced by Insight for all intents and purposes.