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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7356226" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Personally, I’d just roll with both attacks hitting the Ogre, and I wouldn’t make a big deal of narrating him Ready being dead by the time the second attack hits. It was the player’s choice to roll both attacks at once rather than waiting to see if the first attack hit. I can see why others might just tell the player that he dies after the first hit and give him the second attack back, but personally I’d rather just narrate the results and move on.”Ok, Bob, if you want to use that d4 you can roll it now and add it to your 15, or use it on a later roll if you like.”Reasoning: this one is my fault for not offering the other players the opportunity to buff Bob’s character before asking for Bob’s roll. I’m not going to deprive Bob of a +1d4 because I was in too much of a hurry.”Please just tell me what your character is doing, I’ll determine how best to resolve the action. I’m hearing that you want to confuse the guard by double-talking him?”(assuming the Tom responds in the affirmative)“Ok, please make a Charisma check with disadvantage. Add your Proficiency bonus if you’re trained in Deception.”Reasoning: Tom’s role is to describe his character’s actions, not to choose which mechanics to use to resolve those actions. It’s not his decision whether or not his double-speak would give Bob Advantage. In fact, based on his description, it sounds like he and Bob have different goals and approaches, so I don’t feel giving Bob Advantage would be an appropriate way to resolve Tom’s action. Tom should make a roll of his own to see if his approach succeeds in achieving his goal, and it should have Disadvantage because the conflicting stories from Bob and Tom are going to set the guard on edge.Now, assuming I had determined that Advantage to Bob’s roll was an appropriate way to resolve Tom’s action, I would have instead said, “Ok Bob, go ahead and make that second roll since I didn’t give Tom the opportunity to say that before you rolled. Tom, please remember just to describe your action, I’ll tell you what you need to roll to resolve it.”Reasoning: this one is my fault again. I should have asked the other players if they wanted to say anything first before asking for Bob’s roll. I would want to verbally acknowledge my mistake, and also gently remind Tom to let me determine how to resolve actions.</blockquote>

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