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Message: <blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7291065" data-attributes="member: 6919838">this may sound harsh but, if i were stuck in that game, every round, every action, i would describe what i want to do and not pick up a dice or look up a modifier until the Gm told me which specific dice to roll and which specific modifiers applied. if the Gm tells me he does not trust me to use the mechanics he has shown me outside of combat, i wont presume to know any better what happens inside of combat. that would be hubris. Fight takes an  hour longer, no problem cuz we all know we dont know enough to predict rolls needed and the Gm will punish us for pre-rolling before he says so.On someone else's point, not yours, if the player says i roll arcana and you want an insight check,why not  just describe the results of the arcana check not the insight check, which likely are different things? The notion of them trying to fish out the skill they want only has any impact if *you* don't know the differences in what skills do, right?i can decide to look up FORTRAN syntax in my Cookbooks, i just am not likely to get anything other than wasted time and a hankering for stuffed bell peppers topped with garlic ragu.</blockquote>