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I never considered otherwise. I disagree with @Hussar's assertion that "failure will almost always be catastrophic." My objection was to...

This is why I appreciate examples of play with GM commentary on their thought process. I know they take a while to type out, and they...

You may or may not know the specifics. You know what’s desired… but the surrounding details aren’t specified until the roll occurs and...

The reason we cannot know what happens on success (beyond the player achieving whatever their intent was) is because the GM has not...

In actual play, do you really call for that many checks? I mean, I have a preference for task resolution over conflict resolution, but...

But as we’ve seen with the cook and the burning house examples, any number of alternate possibilities can be offered. If the roll was...

There is no way to know if a guard would have arrived onna success. He doesn’t know that. We don’t know what didn’t happen.

Do you not understand that asking @pemerton what would have happened on a success in his example is not a comparison of two games? It is...

I have “liked” this post as a team-building exercise.

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...

I'd add to this - if the probabilities are adjusted so that the overall outcome is not punishing, then each individual roll becomes...

Unfortunately, in practice, what this means is that the PC's will nearly always fail. Because the DM simply piles on check after check...

Like I said game rules don't prevent you using loaded dice for your rules. And how is anyone going to know to ban them afterwards? Are...

Like many things it can be used for good and bad :) Besides sharing in joy (laugh) it is an indicator for like-minded persons to enjoy a...