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The thing I hate about 5e is where the GM has to physically punch you every session.

You know what’s terrible? When D&D combat… with all its options and different class roles and abilities… is resolved with a coin flip...

But what is “it”? Is this the way you play D&D? Is it an example from anyone’s actual game? As far as I can tell, you’re describing...

There's been a lot of that in this thread - making up terrible (hypothetical) systems, then showing with great fanfare that they're...

Speaking for myself at least, this has nothing to do with why I play RPGs that include social resolution systems.

This is because what you’re describing isn’t an example of thoughtful design. You’re just kind of taking an instance of D&D play and...

Well, is a roll in combat a test of the character in any way? I mean, I could see the argument that a 14th level fighter with high...

Yeah, that was largely why I asked “what does authentic even mean?” Like, earlier in the thread we had people saying that a GM may say...

Other Worlds is a game with player-created freeform traits, such as 'Natural Leader' or 'Expert Swordsman'. There isn't a combat...

I find that this need for control over the PC correlates to the player’s ability (or lack thereof) to influence the game in ways “beyond...

I agree with you. I came up with a solution that works for me for this when designing my game Other Worlds. In that game, social...

So, basically frame tests of character as true judgment calls, exactly like what I said. A choice has to be made two or more options of...

And to me it feels like a violation of the Czege principle. I want players to have agency over judgement calls, where there are two...

If I already know what my character would do in a situation before it comes up, than why did the GM run the scene? To me, there's few...

I've been fortunate to run quite a few Social Encounters with differing mechanics/ideas in play, sometimes the system is developed on...