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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5465758" data-attributes="member: 19675">Nothing wrong with RPing a situation, but if you- the DM- have asked for a roll, you should stand by the results (with appropriate bonuses) or risk seeming arbitrary &amp; playing favorites.That speech coupled with a botched Diplomacy roll ...perhaps he closed by saying, &quot;...and lets give our gracious host a great-big hand!&quot;...forgetting for that brief instant that the host lost his right hand in a freak carriage accident just last year.Or he drank a toast, raising his goblet using the LEFT hand, which as all the locals know is the symbolic hand of EEEeeeeeeeevil.Maybe he showed up for dinner in the colors &amp; preferred symbology of the deposed Tyrant who was recently overthrown.Or, like a past US President, he barfed.There is your verisimilitude: RP matters, but the roll controls.It doesn't take much to botch a diplomatic situation.&nbsp; A professor of mine was sent to negotiate a deal in a foreign country that was very elitist and classist.&nbsp; His polish, wit, intellect and charm got him the assignment, and it seemed like it was going to pay off.&nbsp; Negotiations were going excellently.The night before the signing, he revealed that his father had been a blue-collar worker who had worked hard to help his kids have a better life.&nbsp; A very typical American story.The deal died.&nbsp; Those on the other side did not wish to associate with the son of a laborer- to them, the entire negotiations process had been tainted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5465758, member: 19675"] Nothing wrong with RPing a situation, but if you- the DM- have asked for a roll, you should stand by the results (with appropriate bonuses) or risk seeming arbitrary & playing favorites. That speech coupled with a botched Diplomacy roll ...perhaps he closed by saying, "...and lets give our gracious host a great-big hand!"...forgetting for that brief instant that the host lost his right hand in a freak carriage accident just last year. Or he drank a toast, raising his goblet using the LEFT hand, which as all the locals know is the symbolic hand of [I]EEE[/I]eeeeeeeevil. Maybe he showed up for dinner in the colors & preferred symbology of the deposed Tyrant who was recently overthrown. Or, like a past US President, he barfed. There is your verisimilitude: RP matters, but the roll controls. It doesn't take much to botch a diplomatic situation. A professor of mine was sent to negotiate a deal in a foreign country that was very elitist and classist. His polish, wit, intellect and charm got him the assignment, and it seemed like it was going to pay off. Negotiations were going excellently. The night before the signing, he revealed that his father had been a blue-collar worker who had worked hard to help his kids have a better life. A very typical American story. The deal died. Those on the other side did not wish to associate with the son of a laborer- to them, the entire negotiations process had been tainted. [/QUOTE]

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