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I mean, they're worse off than they would have been if they had made the check! I think of it this way: the starting position of the...

Upthread, there were multiple posts about the use of Knowledge-type checks to learn backstory, or similar stuff. Reading stuff written...

I'm not who you asked, but I really like this question. I think time spent can be a consequence, because I think time is a resource that...

In terms of old school play time wasted is a valuable and measurable resource. Far less so in newer versions of D&D or Pathfinder.

Sometimes, the consequence for failure is just time wasted. Which is less important outside combat, but IMO sometimes you're not rolling...

Well, yes and no. Sometimes you do need a straight fortune roll to decide something, but I don't think it should be that common.

I don't, really. I had a lot of responses like "the value is it's fun to be surprised" or "the game values something you don't", but...

Typically if plan A fails in this sort of game, you are driven to using a backup plan to achieve the same result at a greater cost. The...

Many games sidestep this problem by encouraging the GM to just skip rolling on checks where there's no consequence for failure and no...

i think the Final Fantasy aesthetic would do well for a new DnD setting, that whole magi-crystal-tech retro-futurism vibe, where you get...

My friend developed a homebrew D&D setting based on LoZ, it was loads of fun.

A few thoughts on this topic... In 4E, WotC released a two volume campaign setting for the Forgotten Realms. It was hated. They also...

yeah I agree with this, the classes and race seem to be designed on whim and ephemera with no central identity holding them together in...

Pathfinder is even more focused. If you buy a book for PF, you know everything in the book works with Golarion. You don't have to decide...

They don’t have to throw out the old settings, new content can still be made for them too, but my intent was more for there to be a...