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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tovec" data-source="post: 6032661" data-attributes="member: 95493">If what you say is true, I guess I would say that even lie detectors aren't 100%. It could be that the guy who killed the king is REALLY good at bluffing. It could be that the guy you suspect just feels really guilty, or is scared or is hiding that he stole a chicken.It is a near perfect chance of telling if the person is hiding something, not WHAT they are hiding. If the person doesn't feel bad about their action then it may not pick up anything at all, even if they are lying.And like I said, lie detectors can be fooled. Hell, aren't there situational modifiers that can influence a check (up or down) anyway? I don't have my books on me at the moment but I'm pretty sure.And of course, after all that, if the oracle wants to waste all their abilities on telling if NPCs are lying... let them? Giving the party more information is never a bad thing by itself.If it is quest specific then there are numerous ways around the issue so do those.Make the check less reliable, 90% maybe, and they'll think twice about taking everything for granted with a simple sense motive check.</blockquote>