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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7793124" data-attributes="member: 97077">Again, I wouldn't say it's about being &quot;upset.&quot; If you want to succeed more than fail, then describing what you want to do in a way that either removes uncertainty as to the outcome or eliminates the meaningful consequence for failure or both is the best strategy to achieving that goal. Emotion isn't really coming into it here.If you don't care if you succeed more than you fail or even prefer to fail more than you succeed, then this is not a good strategy. The better strategy for that goal is to ask an agreeable DM to roll for as many tasks as possible or describe what you want to do in a way that creates uncertainty as to the outcome and ensures a meaningful consequence for failure.The latter goal and corresponding strategy wouldn't be my preference, but everyone's entitled to their own preferences.You don't have to ask to roll or necessarily declare actions where there is likely to be a roll in order to &quot;interact with parts of the situation and see what happens.&quot;The &quot;strong&quot; reason to avoid rolling the dice where possible is to improve your chances of success and odds of survival. It does not guarantee those outcomes, but it makes it by some measure more likely.I'm not frustrated. The strategy I outline in the initial post is based upon the context of running the game as the rules lay out. Plenty of people don't run the game that way and, in the context of those games, this strategy may not be advisable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7793124, member: 97077"] Again, I wouldn't say it's about being "upset." If you want to succeed more than fail, then describing what you want to do in a way that either removes uncertainty as to the outcome or eliminates the meaningful consequence for failure or both is the best strategy to achieving that goal. Emotion isn't really coming into it here. If you don't care if you succeed more than you fail or even prefer to fail more than you succeed, then this is not a good strategy. The better strategy for [I]that [/I]goal is to ask an agreeable DM to roll for as many tasks as possible or describe what you want to do in a way that creates uncertainty as to the outcome and ensures a meaningful consequence for failure. The latter goal and corresponding strategy wouldn't be my preference, but everyone's entitled to their own preferences. You don't have to ask to roll or necessarily declare actions where there is likely to be a roll in order to "interact with parts of the situation and see what happens." The "strong" reason to avoid rolling the dice where possible is to improve your chances of success and odds of survival. It does not guarantee those outcomes, but it makes it by some measure more likely. I'm not frustrated. The strategy I outline in the initial post is based upon the context of running the game as the rules lay out. Plenty of people don't run the game that way and, in the context of [I]those [/I]games, this strategy may not be advisable. [/QUOTE]

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