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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7794465" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>Right. Generally speaking, I'm going to either give you the info or ask for a roll, provided it meets the requirements for asking for a check of some kind. Really the only time I'm going to say "No" is going to be related to information that is kept secret, lost, or otherwise unknown to the world and that's usually going to be very specific stuff related to the plot or the like.</p><p></p><p>There are very few benefits in my view to hiding information in a game where players have a harder time acting without it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't care for this approach myself. I feel like it erodes trust in the DM and it also doesn't actually help the player or encourage the sort of actions to get at recalling lore since the player can never be sure whether the information the DM is giving out is correct. You're basically left in the same position as you were before you took the action and so you may as well not even do it. I prefer the dice resolve uncertainty rather than create it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7794465, member: 97077"] Right. Generally speaking, I'm going to either give you the info or ask for a roll, provided it meets the requirements for asking for a check of some kind. Really the only time I'm going to say "No" is going to be related to information that is kept secret, lost, or otherwise unknown to the world and that's usually going to be very specific stuff related to the plot or the like. There are very few benefits in my view to hiding information in a game where players have a harder time acting without it. I don't care for this approach myself. I feel like it erodes trust in the DM and it also doesn't actually help the player or encourage the sort of actions to get at recalling lore since the player can never be sure whether the information the DM is giving out is correct. You're basically left in the same position as you were before you took the action and so you may as well not even do it. I prefer the dice resolve uncertainty rather than create it. [/QUOTE]
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