0. The Silver Kettle Inn

Well... In this game, your characters are the protagonists, which means they automatically succeed at what they attempt, unless there’s meaningful opposition.

Opposition can come from another PC actively resisting (by rolling against you). If they succeed, we describe how awesome they are, not how your PC failed.

Or opposition can come from a risky situation where failure would lead to an interesting result (which is when I would roll). If I succeed, I would describe how interesting, complex and complicated things got, not how your PC botched it.

If there’s no opposition, you don’t need to roll—the action just happens. Since you rolled, I assume you expected some challenge, but if you’re now giving up before seeing any opposition, that makes the roll unnecessary and you should have... Told us what happened, not a "never mind" =)

So, I am confused. Let’s clarify what you’re trying to do and whether there’s any actual resistance to your Illusio before moving forward. =)

Well... So the "nevermind" is now part of the story and was on purpose all along. That was a neat solution, vicky_molokh, thanks!

OOC I think the intent was to produce a tiara illusion, but this way if there's a tiara illusion, the response still makes sense.

If the intent was to create an illusion of a tiara for Zix, then this is exactly the kind of situation where we roll because there’s meaningful opposition. The outcome isn’t about making one character look foolish or incompetent—it’s about highlighting how awesome they are. If Zix sees through the illusion, it’s because he’s sharp and perceptive. If he doesn’t, it’s because Dorian’s magic is truly flawless. That’s how we frame things in this game: success makes your character shine, and failure makes the opposition look just as interesting or impressive.

I’m posting this explanation because we’re in the ‘tutorial’ threads, and not all games or GMs handle things this way. Different tables might frame rolls and results differently.

Okay =)

Well, whether you keep the post as is, or edit it to a successful show of a tiara, doesn't really change the reply, so may as well go ahead and reply.