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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8486289" data-attributes="member: 6921763">At our table, players only roll ability checks when they are asked, so it is quite the opposite.&nbsp; A player rolling an ability check without being asked is actually disrupting the game.&nbsp; Different tables, different styles.&nbsp; Now, players might forget or might be new to the group or whatever - as DM, I would just explain/remind how it works and we move on.Again (yes, this conversation has been had before) no one is requiring the player to say &quot;the right thing&quot;.&nbsp; What is required:&nbsp; the player needs to say what the character wants to do and how.&nbsp; It needs to be reasonably specific - and no special expertise is needed.&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; &quot;My PC sticks to the shadows on far side of the clearing to sneak past the guard.&quot;&nbsp; Then the DM adjudicates.&nbsp; That's how it works.&nbsp; If you still don't understand, I'm happy to answer questions for you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8486289, member: 6921763"] At our table, players only roll ability checks when they are asked, so it is quite the opposite. A player rolling an ability check without being asked is actually disrupting the game. Different tables, different styles. Now, players might forget or might be new to the group or whatever - as DM, I would just explain/remind how it works and we move on. Again (yes, this conversation has been had before) [I]no one[/I] is requiring the player to say "the right thing". What is required: the player needs to say what the character wants to do and how. It needs to be reasonably specific - and no special expertise is needed. Example: "My PC sticks to the shadows on far side of the clearing to sneak past the guard." Then the DM adjudicates. That's how it works. If you still don't understand, I'm happy to answer questions for you. [/QUOTE]

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