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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I more or less do this for stealth or deception checks. I get the players to tell me their modifier, and then roll behind the screen. And then I'll give them a description like "try as you might, you can't seem to make your armor stop squeaking" or "to the best of your knowledge, you are quiet and unseen" or whatever. But I don't actually tell them what they rolled, and let the scenario play out.

My players seem to actually prefer this, since it allows them to blissfully ignore the metagaming elements.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My favorite response is a consistent "you believe you are hidden" for every stealth check.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Gotta work on your poker face with that one, as DM. Sometimes I can't help but laugh, so I deliver...

(They roll a 2) you believe you are hidden but are in fact betraying your position -- you're the equivalent of clown shoes sticking out from under the barrel. How would you describe this?

A good roleplayer leans into this and hijinx abound.

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