Act on and Roll

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Act on verb - Carry further or advance.

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Roll and act on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roll" instead a verb "Act on".

Roll verb - To form into a round compact mass.

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Act on and roll are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act on" instead a verb "Roll".

Nearby Words: rolled, rolling, roller, rollback, rollover

Similarly, whenever the DM makes a hidden roll or asks for a spot or listen check (that they fail), the players will assume something is going on and, if they're bad metagamers, try to act on it.

Source: The Law of Conservation of Detail aka: Law Of Conservation Of Detail
Truant, for example, now has the Pokemon fail to act on a roll of 1-7 on d20 instead of every other turn, and the Pokemon also heals 1/10th of its maximum HP and gets a +3 on rolls to cure itself of any status effects.

Source: Tabletop Game / Pokemon Tabletop Adventures

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