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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 9125280" data-attributes="member: 97077">Don't ask for the &quot;skill check.&quot; Those don't exist in D&amp;D 5e anyway.Ask for the ability check (e.g. &quot;Make an Intelligence check, DC 20.&quot;). Then let the player apply whatever skill proficiency they think is relevant, based on what they described prior to you calling for a roll. All other skill proficiencies are therefore irrelevant, and you get the player's buy-in. I mentioned this recently in another thread to some amount of consternation from other posters who also appear to think of things in terms of &quot;skill checks.&quot; Focus on the ability check, not the skill. It solves a lot of issues.Also, progress combined with a setback on a failure. Give them something, but at a cost. Or in the case of a check meant to resolve recalling lore, give them some information, but not exactly what they wanted. They have to work for the rest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 9125280, member: 97077"] Don't ask for the "skill check." Those don't exist in D&D 5e anyway. Ask for the [I]ability check [/I](e.g. "Make an Intelligence check, DC 20."). Then let the player apply whatever skill proficiency they think is relevant, based on what they described prior to you calling for a roll. All other skill proficiencies are therefore irrelevant, and you get the player's buy-in. I mentioned this recently in another thread to some amount of consternation from other posters who also appear to think of things in terms of "skill checks." Focus on the ability check, not the skill. It solves a lot of issues. Also, progress combined with a setback on a failure. Give them [I]something[/I], but at a cost. Or in the case of a check meant to resolve recalling lore, give them some information, but not exactly what they wanted. They have to work for the rest. [/QUOTE]

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