iserith
Magic Wordsmith
Narrate the failure, just don't say what the PC does unless you're just restating what the player already established.This is where I disagree. While I can certainly see potential for abuse (though to be fair, "potential for abuse" borders on being universal, since the game at its core arguably relies on trust between the players and the GM as much, or even more than, the dice), I don't think it violates the PCs agency if the DM narrates (for the purposes of this discussion/example) a failed roll on the part of a PC.