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<blockquote data-quote="Numidius" data-source="post: 8308997" data-attributes="member: 6972053">I had to address the OP question recently at my table. The druid ended up alone in a scene, and wanted to cast one spell after another. The first one was pretty straightforward in its intent, but then I was not sure what it was about. Also I want to foster pemertonian action dec. at least outside of combat, and, since we roll for spellcasting, broaden the impact of magic, reading the actual spell as written as a guideline on the subject. So I had to ask questions in order to broaden the scope of his declaration, until he spit out that he wanted to find a safe place to rest for the night. So I said: Task is to Summon Animals to disperse the remaining hobgoblins. Intent: to find a safe place for the night. Of course a 20 was rolled, so I could liberally introduce a new chunk of content, (that before was just hinted at, not detailed, open to future possibilities) while preserving the Player's intent. I remarked to the table that had he roll a 1, for instance, the druid might have ended up taken and lead on a night journey by the hobgoblins to their camp for interrogation. It might seem a bit arbitrary on my part, but we must also move quickly thru scenes, because of real life time constraints and, moreover, six Pcs in the party to manage. So, what constitutes a permissible action declaration, is definitely something we are exploring at the table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Numidius, post: 8308997, member: 6972053"] I had to address the OP question recently at my table. The druid ended up alone in a scene, and wanted to cast one spell after another. The first one was pretty straightforward in its intent, but then I was not sure what it was about. Also I want to foster pemertonian action dec. at least outside of combat, and, since we roll for spellcasting, broaden the impact of magic, reading the actual spell as written as a guideline on the subject. So I had to ask questions in order to broaden the scope of his declaration, until he spit out that he wanted to find a safe place to rest for the night. So I said: Task is to Summon Animals to disperse the remaining hobgoblins. Intent: to find a safe place for the night. Of course a 20 was rolled, so I could liberally introduce a new chunk of content, (that before was just hinted at, not detailed, open to future possibilities) while preserving the Player's intent. I remarked to the table that had he roll a 1, for instance, the druid might have ended up taken and lead on a night journey by the hobgoblins to their camp for interrogation. It might seem a bit arbitrary on my part, but we must also move quickly thru scenes, because of real life time constraints and, moreover, six Pcs in the party to manage. So, what constitutes a permissible action declaration, is definitely something we are exploring at the table. [/QUOTE]

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