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I think the idea here is that in some implementations of this (I want to say some early CoC, but that might not be right, or possibly...

Uncaged: Faces of Sigil Just a great example of how to provide an entire campaign worth of material using nothing more than NPCs. This...

I think this is pretty common - Save for Half is, essentially, identical to Damage on a Miss - the only difference is who rolls the dice

I assumed by roll under you meant roll under your stat or similar. I wouldn’t like that. If it’s just roll under vs roll over and all...

I realize I wasn't who it was directed at, but I can't say I'd feel any difference when the probabilities and approach were otherwise...

I did.

Right, but would you actually run a game that you had no interest in yourself, in a style you don't care for? Not that that never...

Firstly, I'd not seen that until now, so thank you for bringing it to my attention. I also had my own misgivings about the Six Cultures...

That blog post was quite empathicaly argued against in this though: Broken RPG Theory: The "Six Cultures...

Right, but it's not about the maths, it's the perception. On an intellectual level, I know it's illogical, but roll under feels...

I'd say that is an equally valid way of looking at it, but it comes down to whether one is viewing it from the character, or the task...

I'm not sure anyone sees anything wrong with the GM choosing. Simply that rolling is the GM disclaiming decision making because they...

The reason I ask is because I find roll under systems feel subjective to PCs, like if in D&D a GM changed the DC based on who was...

I don’t think that’s nearly nuanced enough.