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If the dice come up "encounter" then there's an encounter; the party's stealth then has a lot to say about the course that encounter...

Bad things that has nothing to do with the lack of skill is a bit weird. Like the extremely unskilled cook somehow getting struck by...

It's because said independence is a goal of play, not specifically because it came from the GM. You're trying to inject an "Us vs. Them"...

There's no insistence that these things can't be connected...people have repeatedly stated they are ok with it when the noise alerts an...

Yes, but not in the way you're trying to do it. The burglar would look around the area to make sure he wasn't being watched before...

They can be and are. In my game there is no retrofitting of the terrain to fit in an encounter.

Irrelevant by what metric? Just because you can get same mechanical effect via another means does not mean the fiction is irrelevant...

Absolutely - I certainly agree it's something that people can find feeling awkward after being used to something one way. It's...

They swapped how the dice were rolled for 4e and for some people it didn't feel right. If I cast a fireball, I'm not the one trying to...

Seems absolutely punishing to anyone trying to tank.

The issue with armor DR is that the system has never been designed for it. If you block a blow from a giant's club with your shield you...

For me there's a difference between character nimbly dodging out of the way of a sword's swing or blocking it and taking half damage...

And what type of effect in fiction is causing it.

One of my players has been attending by Discord the last couple of weeks. He recently had a terminally ill family member move in with...

I think it’s also a problem if the failed lockpicking roll draws attention while the success does not. A separate stealth roll should...