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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8276667" data-attributes="member: 2209">DM: The room has a bookshelf, a bed, a bedside desk with drawers, and wall sconces with candle holders.Player: I search the room.DM in a system with a crunchy system: Make a search check.DM in less crunchy system and no search mechanics: How? What specifically do you check out and how?So the player could go skilled play from the start, but he has the option to say his mechanics do it instead and to avoid engaging in the skilled play arena at all. If the player has a great search check chance of success that might incentivize him to avoid engaging in skilled play.It is probably clearer in a social interaction setting.In less crunchy systems you generally roleplay out a social interaction giving your best shot in attempting to leverage what you know of the situation to get what you want, thinking through the situation and social dynamics for skilled play.In a crunchy system you leverage your character's mechanics or defer to the character designed mechanically as a face if you want to get the best mechanical resolution you can. This is engaging the mechanics of your character sheet to the situation. You might or might not engage in skilled play, and if you do it still might come down to your mechanics and not your actual interaction. If your stats are not geared towards social interactions this can create a disincentive to engaging in skilled play social interactions where you are likely to fail despite coming at things well.</blockquote>

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