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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 6956673" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Nothing in the rules rule either way in this case (unless there is some outstanding information that no one has brought forward). Either both interpretations are house rules (in a broad definition of the term), or neither are.&nbsp;situation 1Player: &quot;I hit AC 16&quot; DM: &quot;you hit&quot; situation 2DM: &quot;what is your AC?&quot; player:&quot;16&quot; DM: &quot;okay, you are hit.&quot; In neither case does the roll have to be revealed. The same is true of the bard. Player: &quot;I hit AC 16&quot; DM: &quot;you miss.&quot; Player: &quot;next attack. I hit AC 14, I am going to add my inspiration die, it adds 5.&quot; DM: &quot;you hit.&quot; That is completely consistent with either interpretation.&nbsp;That is the results, which obviously must be communicated. The die roll? still up in the air. It is certainly not clear that the DM must communicate what a monster rolls, as that might allow the PCs to back-calculate their to-hit. That is not the same as saying that one or the other is stated in the ruleset or is the rule. Anything that the rules are silent upon, they are silent in all directions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 6956673, member: 6799660"] Nothing in the rules rule either way in this case (unless there is some outstanding information that no one has brought forward). Either both interpretations are house rules (in a broad definition of the term), or neither are. [U]situation 1[/U] Player: "I hit AC 16" DM: "you hit" [U]situation 2[/U] DM: "what is your AC?" p layer:"16" DM: "okay, you are hit." In neither case does the roll have to be revealed. The same is true of the bard. Player: "I hit AC 16" DM: "you miss." Player: "next attack. I hit AC 14, I am going to add my inspiration die, it adds 5." DM: "you hit." That is completely consistent with either interpretation. That is the results, which obviously must be communicated. The die roll? still up in the air. It is certainly not clear that the DM must communicate what a monster rolls, as that might allow the PCs to back-calculate their to-hit. That is not the same as saying that one or the other is stated in the ruleset or is the rule. Anything that the rules are silent upon, they are silent in all directions. [/QUOTE]

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