Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Could you either quote the section for me or tell me what header to look for? D&D Beyond doesn’t have page numbers, so this isn’t a helpful reference for me.Reread PHB 6.
This quote?- In those cases the DM decides what happens... the DM narrates the results. Results are what happens.
Sometimes, resolving a task is easy. If an adventurer wants to walk across a room and open a door, the DM might just say that the door opens and describe what lies beyond. But the door might be locked, the floor might hide a deadly trap, or some other circumstance might make it challenging for an adventurer to complete a task. In those cases, the DM decides what happens, often relying on the roll of a die to determine the results of an action.
The cases being referred to are cases where there is uncertainty in the outcome. The DM decides what happens, often relying on the roll of a die to determine the results of an action, not to inform their narration. The die roll is used to determine success or failure, not how well the action was executed or how to describe it.
Not at all. My reading allows all of the text you have so far referenced to be true, while your reading requires it to not always be true that the player decides what their character thinks, says, and does. It is your reading that requires a carve-out, for cases where the outcome of an action would determine what a character thinks, says or does and the DM decides (apropos of no instructions in the text that I can find) is uncertain.There are many lines of text there and elsewhere buttressing my reading. Your earlier claim to be making a holistic reading has evidently been abandoned.