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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7599590" data-attributes="member: 996">It's up to the DM, really, how important the declaration vs the PC abilities (and qualities, like being a Noble or a certain race or whatever) may be. The DM keeps information behind the screen so the players don't know about it - the players have no such option, if the DM wants to know your Background, stat, proficiency, etc, he gets to know it and factor it into whether you skate, check, or crash &amp; burn.&nbsp;In the example, the goal was getting past a guard, and the method was prominently displaying a noble crest and acting like a noble ('cause he was one, which is presumably easier than bluffing that you're one when you're really a Folk Hero or Outlander or something).Most action declarations are going to constitute at least a method or a goal, and likely imply the other if it's not explicit.&nbsp; &quot;I hit da orc wi' m'axe!&quot; for instance, gives a method and implies the goal of killing the orc, even if it doesn't explicitly state it.The exception might be pure game-speak declarations (&quot;I diplomacize him! 97!&quot;).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7599590, member: 996"] It's up to the DM, really, how important the declaration vs the PC abilities (and qualities, like being a Noble or a certain race or whatever) may be. The DM keeps information behind the screen so the players don't know about it - the players have no such option, if the DM wants to know your Background, stat, proficiency, etc, he gets to know it and factor it into whether you skate, check, or crash & burn. In the example, the goal was getting past a guard, and the method was prominently displaying a noble crest and acting like a noble ('cause he was one, which is presumably easier than bluffing that you're one when you're really a Folk Hero or Outlander or something). Most action declarations are going to constitute at least a method or a goal, and likely imply the other if it's not explicit. "I hit da orc wi' m'axe!" for instance, gives a method and implies the goal of killing the orc, even if it doesn't explicitly state it. The exception might be pure game-speak declarations ("I diplomacize him! 97!"). [/QUOTE]

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