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Hello folks. I have something to add. There is an argument being presented that it is not meaningful to ask "what would have happened on...

I've answered this twice now and you'll get to those posts shortly I think. :P

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

I don't think that's a mistake, for two reasons. Firstly, understanding how things would play out on a success gives a contrast to how...

Indeed, it is so good that it can find patterns that aren't even there. Er, others have those players too, right?

Well, in games that use "success with a complication", pretty darn frequently. Though that is one of the more common reasons cited when...

Nah, it's just a regular hat that he casts mending on every time he tears it putting it on.

If that's appealing to you, Runescape: Dragonwilds, Enshrouded and Return to Moria might be up your alley, if you haven't already...

Easy to assume this would be a D&D version of Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor, but that doesn't feel particularly D&D to me. The GaaS model...

Obviously the rules of the game tell the GM to do do something and the GM chose something that was plausible for the fiction of the...

That sums up most of this thread.

Survivor's guilt is not about causing other people's deaths, it's about why you were spared when others were not. If people die in the...

I think that comes down to how granular one prefers to be, which in turn often comes down to simulation vs drama. That probably depends...

Oh, I'm aware. The only thing particularly new about BitD's clocks is that they're a unified graphical representation of things GMs have...

Perhaps, but it does so in a sim way, and that's my priority. It's an excellent example of handling multiple agendas simultaneously.