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Yes, but not in the way you're trying to do it. The burglar would look around the area to make sure he wasn't being watched before...

I think most are coupling the interpretative part into this. There is a difference or at least potentially so there. A miss entails...

In that case, are you sure there are no genres characterised by the protagonist being chased around by screaming household members every...

Being able to move quietly or hide in shadows doesn't realistically make your attempt at picking locks quieter, though. It's still...

Okay. I’m not ready to commit but let’s explore this. Skill with thieves tools means both skill at picking locks and skill at being...

It's down to what's being abstracted, right? Spells fill an area and might be partially avoided, swords connect or don't. The real issue...

I think you agree that this problem is of a much less severity than the appearing cook though? After all I guess you agree it is not...

I think it’s also a problem if the failed lockpicking roll draws attention while the success does not. A separate stealth roll should...

Yes. But I think in the context of this thread "traditional" has been used quite consistently as the antonym to "narrativistic". So...

That doesn’t appear to align with your other statement. I think maybe reframe what you mean as your current explanations are leading to...

How there was a complication determined matters (this is the heart of sim play). We aren’t opposed to the general notion of cooks being...

I assumed by roll under you meant roll under your stat or similar. I wouldn’t like that. If it’s just roll under vs roll over and all...

I realize I wasn't who it was directed at, but I can't say I'd feel any difference when the probabilities and approach were otherwise...

But the lock perspective is the same in D&D. On one lock a player A need to roll X, player B to roll Y and player C to roll Z where X, Y...

I'm not sure anyone sees anything wrong with the GM choosing. Simply that rolling is the GM disclaiming decision making because they...