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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malvoisin" data-source="post: 2893669" data-attributes="member: 40128">Hey all, I wanted to say a few words about skill checks.  For the most part, I expect you, the players, to initiate your own checks.  I do not wish to take on the responsibility for assuming whether you do or don't want to use your skills in any given situation.As a recent example, Arak and Remen both made statements to the thug they chased down, which would have been wonderful opportunities for Intimidate checks. I didn't make said checks though, because I didn't know if that was your intent.This rule of thumb applies to social skills (i.e., Diplomacy, Bluff, Intimidate, Gather Information, etc.), Knowledge checks, and most others, notably Search.  If you role-play that your character is examining a room, make sure you include a parenthetical (Search +2) or else you're going to miss finding a lot of stuff.There are a few exceptions, such as Spot and Listen checks, but for the most part, I only make skill check rolls if you ask me to.Just one of my little quirks.... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>