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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 7830893" data-attributes="member: 6787503">I agree with all of this, and I appreciate your willingness to think about this with an open mind. I don’t think keeping DCs secret is the default. The DM saying whether the check succeeds or fails in this case is merely the completion of the basic pattern of play with the DM performing his/her role of narrating the outcome. It means the player’s action has been resolved. I don’t think it’s necessarily supposed to be a guessing game. There are many ability checks that can’t be helped by guidance or don’t need help. That takes a big chunk out of every single ability check right there. Then even in the subset of checks where it can make a difference, it won’t always succeed. If the DM thinks it’s making things too easy, s/he could always increase the difficulty.</blockquote>