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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7791838" data-attributes="member: 20564">I see this mostly because players are human.  When someone says "Can I make a survival check to track the wolf", they are assuming there is some uncertainty, not asking for uncertainty to be added if it wasn't there.I would hear their request as "I want to track the wolf, I'm ready to roll survival if you think it needs it, should I do it now?".For some of the more general ones, like "I'd like to roll insight", I take that as "what are all the clues I can pick up about their mental state." In other words, I'm not just looking for one emotion. Perhaps they got angry when I mentioned one name during our conversations - that's something the character could notice but the player might not have any reason to specifically ask about.Now, I prefer hearing what the character is doing, and we do most of that in first person. "I study Brandar as I ask the questions, looking for any eye movements or shifts of weight at my words" would indicate the same thing.But at times I'm sure I would make others cringe if I tried to mimic my character's proficiencies where I don't share them and am more confrtable using mechanical shorthand. And at other times I'm just not thinking or tired and speak mechanics instead of in-character. It happens from me; I accept it from others. No problems being open to communciation in multiple forms. If I need a clarification because it isn't specific enough, either in character or mechanically, I ask for clarification. "When you said you were looking at the books in the bookcase, do you examine the left or the right first?" No problems.</blockquote>

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