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<blockquote data-quote="Cody C. Lewis" data-source="post: 6735685" data-attributes="member: 6802841">Hmmm interesting. I'm tempted to ignore rolls as the DM here. Although I typical believe any opportunity to let a player roll a die is a good thing, in this instance if I don't think it would be plausible as the character he is trying to pull this from is holding it, I would not try and tie myself down just because the player rolls a 20.Instead consider the following:Try and reward players for creative thinking, but curb it a bit so they don't overthink everything. The best way to do this IMO would be the 3 DM responses (I first heard these in a Matt Click video, all credit to him or where ever he learned it from):&quot;No, and...&quot;&quot;No, but...&quot;Yes, and...&quot;So I would probably just rule something like &quot;You are unable to snatch the bow from his hand. But you did catch him off guard and as he quickly grasped at the bow to prevent it from drifting away, he was forced to lunge to stop it and his arrows slide from their quiver and are now scattered about the floor around him.&quot;Or something blah blah</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cody C. Lewis, post: 6735685, member: 6802841"] Hmmm interesting. I'm tempted to ignore rolls as the DM here. Although I typical believe any opportunity to let a player roll a die is a good thing, in this instance if I don't think it would be plausible as the character he is trying to pull this from is holding it, I would not try and tie myself down just because the player rolls a 20. Instead consider the following: Try and reward players for creative thinking, but curb it a bit so they don't overthink everything. The best way to do this IMO would be the 3 DM responses (I first heard these in a Matt Click video, all credit to him or where ever he learned it from): "No, and..." "No, but..." Yes, and..." So I would probably just rule something like "You are unable to snatch the bow from his hand. But you did catch him off guard and as he quickly grasped at the bow to prevent it from drifting away, he was forced to lunge to stop it and his arrows slide from their quiver and are now scattered about the floor around him." Or something blah blah [/QUOTE]

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