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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1530613" data-attributes="member: 463">Hi Thanee - I'm happy to discuss it & try to explain what we do - and I am thinking of doing secret Spot & Listen checks as you suggested, I just don't see Sense Motive as a passive skill - I know IRL I only ever notice if someone's lying or being evasive if I actively concentrate on it, so in that case I don't really see it as different from making a Search or Attack roll.  The SM roll is there to pick up on the non-verbal cues & body language that tells whether someone is lying.What I don't like about Rules Forum is the contemptuous attitude some posters have towards anyone who deviates from their play style - I've generally avoided replying to those posters on this thread.  The worst kind use the "So you use roleplaying for character interaction, I guess you must make your players cartwheel across the living room when they want to make Tumble checks, then" type straw-man argument".  I don't have much respect for those who can't distinguish between in-character role-playing, which can be done fine around the table by the players themselves, and things like physical actions (or spellcasting!) which obviously can't.</blockquote>