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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8872279" data-attributes="member: 8461">Again, the presumption here is that this is all an after-the-fact method of fleshing out a roll that's already been made. The DM isn't just reaching down to pluck the player's character away from them; the PC has already elected to examine the chest (with the understanding that doing so involves tactile manipulation) with the acknowledgment that a roll is called for (as well as the further understanding that a low roll can carry negative consequences). In this case, the low roll has resulted in poison exposure; it's now just a question of fleshing out precisely how that happens, and since that involves A) the poison being contact poison, and B) the PC wearing gloves, it's therefore going to involve the PC being exposed to that poison despite having worn gloves.There's nothing wrong with the PC describing that on their own, if they want. But I don't think the DM is inherently out of line if they narrate what that die roll constitutes from an in-game standpoint either.</blockquote>