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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 6850721" data-attributes="member: 16814">I see.  I ask a direct question, and you refuse to answer it, instead beating around the bush and providing a supposed 'lesson' in how 'Iserth runs his game.'  Do you enjoy being intentionally obstructionist?I have no idea how you would rule.  You, on one hand, compare the outcome to how you'd rule the 'turn the dial to S', which, despite you never explicitly saying, you've heavily implied that such actions would be allowed in your game.  Under that example, then lasers would shoot out of the player's eyes and defeat the monster, no roll necessary.  However, that's in contrast to your other statements, where you ask for rolls for things that may be in question.  Given actually firing laser beams from your eyes is somewhat questionable, you may ask for a check, perhaps a CHA check to convince the universe that you can shoot lasers from your eyes.  And then there's the example of the frog taking an IQ test, where you're actually fully on record with a concrete answer that this would never happen in your games because frogs cannot take IQ tests.  Given that's not in the rules, I'm left wondering if you would decide that shooting lasers from your eyes is similarly impossible, and then declare that the player tries to do so, but no lasers appear, next player.So, in taking the confusing lessons of Iserth to heart, in and in attempt to fish with those lessons, I have three outcomes that you've endorsed, and no way to tell which you'd pick.  Your lesson has been poorly presented, and I again ask you to clarify, directly, what your actual course of action would be.  Is it a) lasers shoot out and defeat the monster (the dial turns to 'S'); b) you ask for a check to shoot the lasers, success meaning the lasers shoot and defeat the monster, failure means they don't and you look somewhat foolish (uncertain outcome, establish stakes and ask for a check); c) the laser shooting fails outright (frogs can't take IQ tests); or d) some other answer?</blockquote>

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