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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 8503663" data-attributes="member: 71699">Most - the majority - but you supply a worthwhile example of overlooking how 5e RAW instructs DM to run ability checks.This is a good case to call attention to. As I said up-thread, a possible difference between DW and 5e might be mapped as:Play F > DM FDM F > Play FDW guides a DM to establish fiction out of play [i.e. largely on the fly, responsive to].The 5e DMG guides a DM to establish a lot of fiction in advance of play. It says something - but not much - about what to do on the fly. That leads many to think your case is valid: that's how they play. Or they are used to playing D&D that way so continue doing so.But your case isn't valid. No check should have been made without a meaningful consequence for failure. That is right there in RAW. If a DM reached a "nothing changed" result, the check shouldn’t have been called for.</blockquote>