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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6780220" data-attributes="member: 22779">How is it a house rule when the rules specifically leave something up to the DM. I haven't changed the rules in the slightest. The rule can say that the results are the purview of the DM. Stealth rules in 5e are a perfect example of this. It is entirely up to me to allow or disallow a stealth check. The results of a persuasion check are also left to the DM. Adjudication does not equal house rules. House rules are when you specifically change the rules. When rules are flexible enough to allow adjudication by some sort of referee, that's not changing the rules. A ref placing the ball after play is not house ruling. He's using the rules and his judgement to determine the end of forward movement. And his placing will always vary somewhat from call to call for any number of reasons. Again totally not changing the rules. Granting different results from the same check depending on training or not is a house rule. Granting a greater result to one character for achieving a higher check is simply adjudication.</blockquote>