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The issue that I have is that the story moves forward in some way that is interesting to the GM, the group has no say in how things move...

Which is fine if the lockpick fails and they decide to bust the door down. But picking a lock? That's not loud. It also doesn't...

Yes. What I will do is something like the following. The players decide to break into the wizard Alchaeus's tower. Alchaeus has two...

How is that significantly different? It's not like you typically use a hammer and chisel to open a lock. Well, you might if you failed...

In Shadowdark iirc the monsters all have darkvision, so the light doesn't help them see anything. They avoid it as a threat. In the...

I'd like a set of checkboxes for all searches. I'm using the 2024 rules, but when searching for monsters for example I have to select...

I just saw on ex-Twitter that D&D Beyond announced in their new update that they have now added checkboxes on the first page of the...

Americans use dolphins to hit balls in games? Barbarians! :D

Unless of course the vampire is the dreaded Count Buzzula!

Replicating the "I really need to find my garlic, the vampire is getting really close to me... drat, that's a mosquito repellent". It...

Let's walk through the screaming cook scenario as I see it. The character's goal is to break into the estate to get a map. I'm assuming...

Yes And no. This is explicitly more quantum than the other. In the wandering monster case, the events are independent--your skill at...

Why can't it more consistently be "fail backward", though? When breaking into a kitchen and failing the roll, why can't the narration...

I think the important distinction here is the purpose of the mechanics. In this example the purpose of the mechanics appear to be to...