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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 7791852" data-attributes="member: 6702445">I should start this by stating I would never ask to resolve a delicate social situation purely through a die roll.  I would explain how I was approaching the situation and treat the die as just an expression of whether my approach was the right one or not.That said:  Whenever I ask to make an ability check, I'm prepared for either success or failure.  It's my way of saying "Here's my plan--now let fate decide whether it works, and I'll go with the consequences."  Also, when it comes to things like Persuasion or Deception, I frankly don't trust the person who most often GMs for me to allow it to work.  For a while I just quit taking Bluff-type skills because that person would usually decide my roleplaying attempts at bluffing weren't good enough and just tell me they didn't work.  That actually discouraged me from playing out certain types of situations, rather than encouraging it.  With a die, we both agree to abide by what it says.And sometimes it's fun when the die says something unexpected.  I have players who laugh to this day about how the cleric, four years ago, converted a Dragon Cultist to worshiping Bahamut with a mere Persuasion roll of 4, because the target's opposed wisdom roll was a 2.  That would never have happened without the dice.</blockquote>