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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 9083898" data-attributes="member: 9053">I actually think this is a really important part of the agency discussion. My reaction would be "of course I do! As a noble I'm acquainted with the proper procedures to ask for an audience at any level. I was taught that when I was very small." At the worst, I'd expect some sort of check to determine if that was true or not.Saying "you don't know," well that assumes a lot about a character's background that we've never talked about, doesn't it? Maybe they do know, or maybe not. Does the DM actually know what the answer is, or are they just saying "there is a way to do this but the character doesn't know about it."In many game systems, you'd have a framework for figuring that out, and I'd argue that D&D's skill checks along with the character's Background provide one. It's just that the DM is the ultimate authority on the issue ... and that's where agency comes into play.</blockquote>