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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8473809" data-attributes="member: 2209">Most of them are not things you would commonly do against a fellow PC, but communicating without words and checking your buddy to make sure they have not been vamped seem within the normal course of play expectations for a non-adversarial party and I am not sure why you would think it is not RAW or RAI or where you think the rules as rules prohibit the others. The statement about players being in control of their own actions does not even apply to any of these.Also opposed checks are a subset of ability checks (page 174) and it explicitly uses an example of two characters engaging in a contest.CONTESTSSometimes one character's or monster's efforts are directly opposed to another's. This can occur when both of them are trying to do the same thing and only one can succeed, such as attempting to snatch up a magic ring that has fallen on the floor. This situation also applies when one of them is trying to prevent the other one from accomplishing a goal-for example, when a monster tries to force open a door that an adventurer is holding closed. In situations like these, the outcome is determined by a special form of ability check, called a contest.Both participants in a contest make ability checks appropriate to their efforts. They apply all appropriate bonuses and penalties, but instead of comparing the total to a DC, they compare the totals of their two checks. The participant with the higher check total wins the contest. That character or monster either succeeds at the action or prevents the other one from succeeding. If the contest results in a tie, the situation remains the same as it was before the contest. Thus, one contestant might win the contest by default. If two characters tie in a contest to snatch a ring off the floor, neither character grabs it. In a contest between a monster trying to open a door and an adventurer trying to keep the door closed, a tie means that the door remains shut.</blockquote>

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