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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7601856" data-attributes="member: 996">Not change, interpret and fill-in.&nbsp; The rules say the DM describes the situation, the player declares an action, the DM decides how to resolve it and narrates the results.&nbsp; The DM can decide what he needs from the player to constitute an action declaration.&nbsp; You want to see a clear (or at least clearly implied, I assume) goal &amp; method, for instance.&nbsp; Other DMs might want to see a bit of drama, or a clear (or implied) motivation based on the character's Bond/Flaws/etc(there's gotta be a nice shorthand for that sub-system), or even see the player calling out the skill/spell/tool/item/weapon to be used very clearly.&nbsp; It's not too much of a stretch (though it's a stretch from D&amp;D tradition), to expect/reward an action declaration that includes improv which builds on the existing scene.&nbsp; And, no, changing the rules outright should /not/ be controversial in a 5e forum.&nbsp; It's a DM's prerogative to change the rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7601856, member: 996"] Not change, interpret and fill-in. The rules say the DM describes the situation, the player declares an action, the DM decides how to resolve it and narrates the results. The DM can decide what he needs from the player to constitute an action declaration. You want to see a clear (or at least clearly implied, I assume) goal & method, for instance. Other DMs might want to see a bit of drama, or a clear (or implied) motivation based on the character's Bond/Flaws/etc(there's gotta be a nice shorthand for that sub-system), or even see the player calling out the skill/spell/tool/item/weapon to be used very clearly. It's not too much of a stretch (though it's a stretch from D&D tradition), to expect/reward an action declaration that includes improv which builds on the existing scene. And, no, changing the rules outright should /not/ be controversial in a 5e forum. It's a DM's prerogative to change the rules. [/QUOTE]

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