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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Sorry, going to break my answer into two parts because I have two different answers for you @Faolyn. The more personal answer is that I...
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I'd point out that I'm not the only one in this conversation, so, it's obviously important to more than just me. But, for me, the point...
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I would question that any simulation that is based on a complete ignorance of how certain results occur isn't much of a simulation. I...
Today at 3:06 AM
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No. And that's the problem. It's not analogous. Because it happens BEFORE the results. Why did you crash? Well, your altitude was...
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Rolemaster is for cowards and communists. Real simulationists play HârnMaster. (Full disclosure: I love HârnMaster on paper. I still...
Today at 2:54 AM
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So, essentially, simulation is just an illusion? So long as the DM maintains the illusion of simulation, and the players don't question...
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What does a simulation do? It seems to me that the basic-english answer is, "It tells us how and why new things happen, when we put...
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Okay, so how do we square that with--for example--the GM having complete preference control over the description of the outcome? Because...
Yesterday at 11:53 AM
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Not quite the argument I'm making though. I'm saying that because the die includes all the intangible reasons for why you failed or...
Yesterday at 8:14 AM
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The PHB is a bit more DM leaning now too. AFAIK, there aren't any rules for skills in the DMG. It's a bit like 2e where they put all...
Yesterday at 8:09 AM
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Oh, hey. I'm not the one making the argument. That's @Maxperson who is insisting that the die roll ONLY represents skill. He just...
Yesterday at 8:08 AM
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Yes, but, I can have a -1 and still succeed. What skill did I have? How did I succeed when I had no training, no innate capability or...
Yesterday at 6:42 AM
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I agree. For determining the results? Yeah, it really doesn't matter. You have X% chance of success in either system. But, how those...
Yesterday at 6:37 AM
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That's the point. No they don't. In sim leaning games, the dice generate information about how a task succeeded or failed. Again...
Yesterday at 6:35 AM
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The probabilities might be the same. Heck, I'll take your word for it. But what those things represent is not. A DC 15 represents the...
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