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<blockquote data-quote="Dirty Magurdy" data-source="post: 5286677" data-attributes="member: 84787">Situation:I'm running a 3.5 D&amp;D game, my characters are 14th and 15th level.In a battle last session a character (ftr/clr) took a good amount of damage and told me he wanted to go down as if he were incapacitated.I told him to roll me perform (acting) and he asked if he could roll bluff, to which I told him, &quot;no. roll perform&quot;He rolled poorly and he did end up going unconscious the next round, being pummeled to -8 and almost dying (the group's ranger was able to stabilize him).&nbsp;So, I have a few questions.First: Should the skill roll have been bluff or perform? Could either work? Might some other skill be used that neither of us thought of?&nbsp;Second: Should I have made him wait for his initiative to perform either of those actions? If he wanted to 'play dead' should he have been holding an action and waiting to be hit in order to use an action to do this?&nbsp;The player accepted my ruling with no complaint, so there's no real problem here, but I do want to discuss it with him some time before next session and hear what he thinks. I just want to get some opinions about whether I handled it correctly from some of you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dirty Magurdy, post: 5286677, member: 84787"] Situation: I'm running a 3.5 D&D game, my characters are 14th and 15th level. In a battle last session a character (ftr/clr) took a good amount of damage and told me he wanted to go down as if he were incapacitated. I told him to roll me perform (acting) and he asked if he could roll bluff, to which I told him, "no. roll perform" He rolled poorly and he did end up going unconscious the next round, being pummeled to -8 and almost dying (the group's ranger was able to stabilize him). So, I have a few questions. First: Should the skill roll have been bluff or perform? Could either work? Might some other skill be used that neither of us thought of? Second: Should I have made him wait for his initiative to perform either of those actions? If he wanted to 'play dead' should he have been holding an action and waiting to be hit in order to use an action to do this? The player accepted my ruling with no complaint, so there's no real problem here, but I do want to discuss it with him some time before next session and hear what he thinks. I just want to get some opinions about whether I handled it correctly from some of you. [/QUOTE]

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