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Just because @Faolyn did ask for a citation, I'd point this out: So, it's not like I'm pulling this argument out of thin air. @Faolyn...

But that NPC will likely only be present in the campaign for a tiny fraction of time. That PC will be present (barring unforeseen...

Again, no. After all, a successful attack roll could take away your movement (there's a number of ways), depending on the system could...

Ok, let's back up a second shall we? We're all DM's. All of us here are running games. So, that means that every single poster here...

You YOURSELF said this. We cannot have mechanics which force any sort of action on the players because you yourself said it won't work...

No. It really isn't. You're mixing successes and failures. The attack roll tells you to succeed. The NPC's persuasion roll tells you...

I don't see an issue with a bit of wish fulfillment and playing out the fantasy of a character that is in control of they body when...

Well, possibly because every single time anyone answers your unending stream of questions, you refuse to accept any answers and then...

But, the dice tell you how well you attack. The dice tell you whether or not you know something. You're saying that what your wizard...

The thing is, you're assuming none of us HAVE played with DM's like what the other side claims as priorities. Heck, I used to BE a DM...

And yet, you have zero problem with dice determining every single other element of the game. It tells you how good a warrior you are...

Ugh. The worst of all worlds. The only way I can convince an NPC is if I game the DM and hope that whatever reading I have of the DM...

what about when 'it's not in character for my character to do that' is actually saying something closer to 'it's not what i want my...

Except, like I said, people are bad about predicting this sort of thing even about themselves, let alone a fictional character. People...

The problem is that's not that clearcut. What its more accurate to say is that the player doesn't believe its in character (or at least...