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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9703216" data-attributes="member: 4534">I always thought of skilled play as how well players handle the abilities of their characters to accomplish goals within the game.  Like if the PC comes across a small opening in a wall that's just a little too small for them to fit, so he decides to cast Grease on himself to make it easier for him to slide through the entrance.  That's skilled play.  The player was presented with a challenged and they figured out how to accomplish their goal.  I tend to focus on the adventuring aspect of whatever game I'm playing.  In Call of Cthulhu, I'm not going to tell the PC they ran out of gas because they never specifically told me when they filled the vehicle up.  Now I might have the PC make a Luck check to see if they run out of gas after driving much longer than expected, but I'm not going to punish the player because they didn't tell me their PC was doing a completely mundane task.  That's not skilled play, that's just a GM being a jerk.</blockquote>