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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8479930" data-attributes="member: 6915329">I really am confused about what you mean when you say &quot;lack of uncertainty&quot; here--or why that means the check can't continue. In the games I'm playing in or running, what usually happens is a player may ask the DM &quot;can I roll Insight to see if the NPC is truthful?&quot; (or words to that affect). The DM says OK, the player rolls, reports the number, and the DM will usually say something like &quot;the NPC seems to be honest&quot; or &quot;something about the NPC seemed a bit off when they were saying that&quot; or &quot;the NPC is clearly lying through their teeth&quot; or even &quot;you can't really tell.&quot; Depending, of course, on the roll, the NPC's Deception, and whether or not they actually were lying. Of course &quot;the NPC seems to be honest&quot; could mean that the NPC is good at lying or is telling what they believe to be the truth, but isn't.I mean, this is the point of the Insight skill, after all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8479930, member: 6915329"] I really am confused about what you mean when you say "lack of uncertainty" here--or why that means the check can't continue. In the games I'm playing in or running, what usually happens is a player may ask the DM "can I roll Insight to see if the NPC is truthful?" (or words to that affect). The DM says OK, the player rolls, reports the number, and the DM will usually say something like "the NPC seems to be honest" or "something about the NPC seemed a bit off when they were saying that" or "the NPC is clearly lying through their teeth" or even "you can't really tell." Depending, of course, on the roll, the NPC's Deception, and whether or not they actually [I]were [/I]lying. Of course "the NPC seems to be honest" could mean that the NPC is good at lying or is telling what they believe to be the truth, but isn't. I mean, this is the [I]point [/I]of the Insight skill, after all. [/QUOTE]

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