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The point is, if the GM has plotted out the adventure, then they know what will happen on both a success and failure. It's already been...

@The Firebird said: There's still no illusion either way. Whether you think it through carefully ahead of time or completely ad-lib it...

The example still stands, though. Brute force usually calls for a roll as well, which may or may not succeed.

Not for the first time, I find myself wishing the "like" options included a facepalm emoji... :)

But... you would know what happens on a success in a trad game as well. In fact, there's a good chance you would have written everything...

Yes, this is one reason for adopting closed-scene resolution. Or for adopting the AW approach where "nothing happens" is not an outcome...

I'm interested how you determine how many checks you need for this more granular style - we all know that the more checks are made, the...

How do you know that? First… you’re making the same mistake as @AlViking above. You’re assuming you know what would have happened on a...

Then don't be ridiculous, because we're talking about the game, not your parents.

"I did badly enough at singing that made an awful caterwauling somewhere near where a guard was and now he's come to investigate? I...

How come you don’t apply the same logic to the failed lockpick check? Why does the player’s suggestion simply prompt you to consider if...

No. You're taking the existing fiction "We are on a mission to find the Desert Rose" and taking a giant steaming dump on it. You are...

And I am saying that you are clearly using the social contract of any game that allows player authorship for toilet paper. And if you...

In a trad game, these NPCs aren't going to have a lot of hit points[1], so between smoke (poison damage) and the flames (fire damage)...

I'm not talking to @hawkeyefan, though.