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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 3137286" data-attributes="member: 3230">I *think* the DM wanted to know what sort of deal the PC was willing to make with the boss re: the expenses. Would she agree to a pay cut, or loss of salary/employment if the book tanked? Would she be willing to work unpaid overtime to help promote the book? Does she want to try and convince the boss that she's right so that the boss signs off on the expenses, possibly with the caveat "If this book doesn't sell, it's your a$$ on the street." ? Once the player clarified how she wanted to resolve this issue with the boss, then the GM can tell her what to roll (Diplomacy, Bluff, Intimidate, etc.).It's perfectly fair for the player to want to use her character's skills and determine success via a roll, but it's also fair for the GM to ask the player to clarify how she's going about it.In the case of skills where a player has no personal knowledge (lockpicking computer hacking, spaceship repair, whatever). It's -IMO- more fun if the player and GM sort of cooperate on creating a little "flavor text" for the game. In the computer hacking example someone used earlier, the player might say "Okay. I want to access information, not crash the system, so I guess I'm looking for a password or a way to bypass the system's security and get the data by some other way than just logging in. Maybe I have some software (like an e-lockpick) that can crack passwords?" At that point, a good GM says, "OK, roll your hacking skill." with a success, the GM describes something along the same lines as what the player described, with a failure the result might be the hacker can't get in, or if he really screws up, the system locks down and an alert is sent that someone is trying to hack their way in (and NINJA ROBOT DRONES ARE DEPLOYED!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)That's my take on it, anyway.</blockquote>

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