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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8486474" data-attributes="member: 6921763">So they must be roleplayed with below average coordination or below average social grace, eh?How do you handle roleplaying very high INT or CHA?I think some of the misunderstanding here comes from what appears to be your need to separate player and character knowledge whereas I have no such need.&nbsp; A player can use whatever information they like and roleplay their character however they like.&nbsp; Indeed, that's how some of us read the roleplaying rule on page 185.&nbsp; Better check those IRL assumptions in game though before forging ahead.&nbsp; Anyway, that is tangential to this discussion...No.&nbsp; Any player can declare a reasonably specific action to take for any given challenge an I will adjudicate accordingly.&nbsp; I don't see what player skill has to do with it.&nbsp; I don't judge action declarations by the &quot;floweriness&quot; of the player's words.&nbsp; A player giving a first person persuasive monologue with name dropping and a player simply stating in third person &quot;my PC drops names of people this guard would know&quot; both would have the same DC at the Charisma ability check to get past the guard, if a check were even required.You are off.&nbsp; I just need to know what the PC is doing so I can adjudicate.&nbsp; If the PC has good modifiers and proficiency, they're going to succeed more often than another PC with poor modifiers and no proficiency.If you have a good approach, you might avoid the die rolls.&nbsp; It has nothing to do with &quot;describing it right&quot;.&nbsp; There are often many ways to solve a challenge.&nbsp; If I, as DM, have predetermined the &quot;right&quot; way, that does a disservice to our game play.Is it clear now?&nbsp; Just tell me what you character is doing.&nbsp; 1st person. 3rd person.&nbsp; I don't care.&nbsp; Make it specific and, for the love, keep it succinct.This is really a whole new topic.&nbsp; Maybe we'll get to discuss this in another thread.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8486474, member: 6921763"] So they must be roleplayed with below average coordination or below average social grace, eh? How do you handle roleplaying very high INT or CHA? I think some of the misunderstanding here comes from what appears to be your need to separate player and character knowledge whereas I have no such need. A player can use whatever information they like and roleplay their character however they like. Indeed, that's how some of us read the roleplaying rule on page 185. Better check those IRL assumptions in game though before forging ahead. Anyway, that is tangential to this discussion... No. Any player can declare a reasonably specific action to take for any given challenge an I will adjudicate accordingly. I don't see what player skill has to do with it. I don't judge action declarations by the "floweriness" of the player's words. A player giving a first person persuasive monologue with name dropping and a player simply stating in third person "my PC drops names of people this guard would know" both would have the same DC at the Charisma ability check to get past the guard, if a check were even required. You are off. I just need to know what the PC is doing so I can adjudicate. If the PC has good modifiers and proficiency, they're going to succeed more often than another PC with poor modifiers and no proficiency. If you have a good approach, you might avoid the die rolls. It has nothing to do with "describing it right". There are often many ways to solve a challenge. If I, as DM, have predetermined the "right" way, that does a disservice to our game play. Is it clear now? Just tell me what you character is doing. 1st person. 3rd person. I don't care. Make it specific and, for the love, keep it succinct. This is really a whole new topic. Maybe we'll get to discuss this in another thread. :) [/QUOTE]

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