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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 9748858" data-attributes="member: 6787503">Sure, you can! All that's needed is for the GM to not maintain the relationship between succeeding at the task and achieving the intent. I think it's common for GMs to break this relationship. Here's a post from just up thread:Hyperbole aside, we can make the example more reasonable by imagining this action declaration:"I throw a rock at a far away tree (task) to distract the guard momentarily (intent)."This seems like something that would not only be possible for the PC to do, provided there are small rocks around to pick up and the area is wooded, but that fits well within the genre conventions of most games. (Think Obi-Wan distracting storm troopers on the Death Star.)So the GM calls for a roll to see if the rock hits the tree. On a success, the GM says, "The rock hits the trunk of a distant tree, making a distinct noise, but the guard is unfazed and stands implacably guarding the way in," because the GM has decided (for whatever reason) that it will never work in their game or just doesn't work in this circumstance.</blockquote>