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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 6845664" data-attributes="member: 97077">The rule is very simple and applies to all parties involved in the interaction: If you try to harm or hinder another player character, the target of the harm or hindrance decides the outcome. It does NOT prevent players from making action declarations. It's exactly the same as any other action declaration with the exception of who narrates the outcome. If the players are acting in good faith, then the conflict will unfold in the manner the players mutually desire. In my experience, intra-party conflict is pretty rare, but there are additional contributing factors to this in my view: (1) My campaign does not lack for conflict outside the bounds of the party - there are plenty of monsters and NPCs to beat up and rob, so turning on other PCs seems pointless; (2) We establish relationships between the characters on par with Dungeon World's bonds prior to play (even in one-shots); (3) I foster an atmosphere where players add onto ideas they hear to make them better rather than shoot them down outright.It's not clear to me what context is missing for you to answer concretely. An Int-5 character wants to turn a dial on a door to the "S" position. As for the "missing step," why should there be a test to see if the character can have this desire in the first place? If a player said something like, "I try to deduce whether 'S' is the right answer before turning the dial..." then what we have, potentially, is a player trying to verify his or her assumptions prior to taking action. If 'S' is wrong, then there might be consequences, after all, and this is an example of smart play that might very well call for an ability check. The player choosing to just turn the dial to "S" without verifying his or her assumption is taking a chance (albeit probably not a big one in this particular example as the puzzle is pretty easy).</blockquote>

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