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In D&D we need to understand what the fictional situation is before we can decide whether a skill roll is even needed, what skill to...

This is true for basically every RPG. Of course you choose what your character does first. It is just that in many other games it is...

past tense presumably used for when choosing to be a half elf actually mattered mechanically in the game.

There was a definite chunk of players of mixed heritage that identified with half-elves, and wanted to play them for that specific reason.

You may consider “feels like an outsider” to be contrived, but it is the primary appeal of half-elves. Specifically, that they are...

half elves (and half orcs) aren't just 'outsiders' in the same way that regular monster species are who are completely displaced from...

We get into this a bit in the generative resolution thread. I dislike the narr/sim framing though. From where I stand AD&D is closer to...

What does this actually mean? Like in concrete terms, how will this impact the decision process and the outcomes? I think you're...

I would treat that with similar caution than “democratic” in a name of a country.

Judge Dredd.

TBH, I don't quite see the point of which is first, the rules or the fiction discussion in this context. Like sure, they need to be...

Yeah, the reduced effect is the worst. And good point about combining the things, I like that. Though whilst I think that hurt arm +...

I don't think they are secondary. Harm is listed in the rules as possible consequence, thus it is something the GM can choose in a...

And the sad thing is that "complication" is potentially the most interesting of these, if it is something you need to immediately...

But there is an obstacle: a person who might notice you (and you're robbing the house, so you'd rather they wouldn't.)