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Wouldn't there be plenty of steps inbetween? Like, I could see it going like this: 1. You explain to the GM that a horse probably...

From the 2024 PHB, it hasn't changed. Ability Checks An ability check represents a creature using talent and training to try to overcome...

Thing is, I don't feel any particular need to reach for ridiculous exemples to explain things like falling damage or being hurt by being...

I think the problem in the cleric example is - do the cleric have remove curse memorized? I myself would likely have tried to determine...

Well start by defining the decision space separately for the player and for the character. What is at stake in the players decision and...

While there might be one or two people here who feel that way, the vast majority of those on my side of this issue don't believe that at...

I can hope that the junk email I receive really is going to reward me with a million dollars if I click the link but it's probably not...

The success or failure of an action is determined by whether or not the D20 rolled by the player plus the modifiers to that roll meet or...

Hold my beer!

I thought I’d jump off here. Perhaps the elements I most consider ‘good sim’ or essential for sim from an rpg perspective aren’t...

And that is what I was talking about being irritating. I experienced this long ago in the dissociative mechanics threads during 4e. It...

Sure that’s what I was getting at. I think that what elements make for ‘good sim’ depends on what you want to simulate. I think it...

This is my issue as well. Different games work differently? I'm glad, life would be boring if everything was the same. Saying that...