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Q1 complexity should be a base 5, but there should be charachter options that bring that up or down. Q2 20 levels is fine, but levels...

I have played with amazing DMs, some of whom are professional actors, directors, and script writers. None of them have ever been able...

Telling a story is different than running a game. For most of us, anyway. Aren’t you the one to point out that horror is a difficult...

Cut the dog a break. If humans could do the same, the noises would be much more unseemly.

I think discounting all of this and instead focusing on the loss of agency in the moment of play as the sole indicator of how this kind...

This is more-or-less the approach I've been suggesting, though perhaps a bit more brute-force than what Bill is suggesting there (I'm...

I did use it in limited fashion for a solo 3pp adventure I ran for someone which adventure made sense to have something along these...

I wouldn't be averse to importing something like Pendragon's Virtues & Vices system to a D&D style game wholesale, just to see how it...

I don't really care which way the mechanic goes, so long as it reflects the situation in the world. I'd like to put together a list of...

These too are nice ideas for the use of social skills by NPCs! Like I have been saying this space is very unexplored in D&D. I'm likely...

I don't think there should be a "penalty for acting in a way", but I do agree with "mechanics that reinforce the fall of the die."...

It is wilful by the player that that agency be limited. In the same way one can choose to fail a saving throw or be persuaded. They...

No, I didn’t. @CreamCloud0’s post actually made it clear. The reason it wasn’t clear is again that’s not how this kind of stuff works...

I'm starting to see how post count is built. :p

Freestyling is great with a bunch of thespians, actor-types, creatives etc - but not every player possesses that skill. Some are more...