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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9116299" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I guess I just don't think of these things as true issues, it's more a preference.&nbsp; I don't care how people declare actions any more than I care how they declare an attack or spell in combat encounters.&nbsp; At a certain point it's just a short hand and as long as people are being clear, I don't care.&nbsp; If someone is being vague, intentionally or not, I'll ask for details. In all my years of DMing I've never seen significant issues with this.Why shouldn't &quot;I roll stealth&quot; ever be said?&nbsp; It's far more likely that someone will say &quot;I try to sneak past&quot;, but I don't read the PHB or DMG as a holy text or even as a &quot;This is the way the game must be played&quot;.&nbsp; That, to me is far too strict a wording.&nbsp; Each group should find the style and flow that works for them.&nbsp; So at my table if it's clear the group is trying to sneak past someone a &quot;Stealth X&quot; is good enough.As far as insight, I'll give generalities, it's not a straight up lie detector.&nbsp; It's not &quot;Is he lying&quot;, or at least not just lying.&nbsp; You're paying close attention so you might notice that they're nervous or stumble over the name of the guard captain.&nbsp; I don't want to play the equivalent of &quot;guess the emotional state and ask specifically for that emotional state&quot; game.End of the day we are playing a game and I want people to feel declare actions in any way that works for them.&nbsp; Simply replacing one style of people declaring what they are doing does not improve the quality of the game in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9116299, member: 6801845"] I guess I just don't think of these things as true issues, it's more a preference. I don't care how people declare actions any more than I care how they declare an attack or spell in combat encounters. At a certain point it's just a short hand and as long as people are being clear, I don't care. If someone is being vague, intentionally or not, I'll ask for details. In all my years of DMing I've never seen significant issues with this. Why shouldn't "I roll stealth" ever be said? It's far more likely that someone will say "I try to sneak past", but I don't read the PHB or DMG as a holy text or even as a "This is the way the game [I]must[/I] be played". That, to me is far too strict a wording. Each group should find the style and flow that works for them. So at my table if it's clear the group is trying to sneak past someone a "Stealth X" is good enough. As far as insight, I'll give generalities, it's not a straight up lie detector. It's [I]not[/I] "Is he lying", or at least not [I]just[/I] lying. You're paying close attention so you might notice that they're nervous or stumble over the name of the guard captain. I don't want to play the equivalent of "guess the emotional state and ask specifically for that emotional state" game. End of the day we are playing a game and I want people to feel declare actions in any way that works for them. Simply replacing one style of people declaring what they are doing does not improve the quality of the game in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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