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<blockquote data-quote="neobolts" data-source="post: 7497723" data-attributes="member: 65244">This is totally fine. Players can either act as a player as shown [requesting to use a mechanic] or instead act as a character [describing character activity and letting the DM pick the mechanic]. The two are equally valid from my perspective.I am okay with veteran players taking the initiative to roll. After all, if I don't care about the roll, they'll never know.&nbsp; I would not encourage new players to assume they should roll. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Side note: In combat, everyone should just roll as they declare their action to avoid slowing down the game. (e.g. avoid &quot;I bring my mighty sword down upon the goblin's skull.&quot; &quot;Okay, make an attack roll.&quot;)I will do this if pressed for time. But a better solution would be to hand-wave the roll and just say &quot;You see a statue of a woman holding a scythe. Because of your knowledge of religions of this area, you know it is a It is a statue of Kishar, the goddess of agriculture.&quot;This is bad wrong fun. If you (as a player or DM) like this you are officially a &quot;bad wrong fun haver&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="neobolts, post: 7497723, member: 65244"] This is totally fine. Players can either [B]act as a player [/B]as shown [requesting to use a mechanic] or instead [B]act as a character [/B][describing character activity and letting the DM pick the mechanic]. The two are equally valid from my perspective. [B][/B] I am okay with veteran players taking the initiative to roll. After all, if I don't care about the roll, they'll never know. I would not encourage new players to assume they should roll. Side note: In combat, everyone should just roll as they declare their action to avoid slowing down the game. (e.g. avoid "I bring my mighty sword down upon the goblin's skull." "Okay, make an attack roll.") [B][/B] I will do this if pressed for time. But a better solution would be to hand-wave the roll and just say "You see a statue of a woman holding a scythe. Because of your knowledge of religions of this area, you know it is a It is a statue of Kishar, the goddess of agriculture." [B][/B] This is bad wrong fun. If you (as a player or DM) like this you are officially a "bad wrong fun haver". [/QUOTE]

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