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I think this is largely the source of the discontent. If the game forces you to strongly distinguish between these two it is hard to...

because attacking the orc is actually dependent to the character's skill and is a non-fixed outcome, whereas deciphering what the runes...

Faolyn's guacamole recipe aside, it's highly credible that the runes could - on someone's successful roll in hopes of such - be...

Unless you want them to, I suppose... Trying to pick a lock has stakes, namely whether you can get beyond it or not. There may or may...

Right...you mention the license test, then another cause, then several others buried in "so on"... You see how this is A --> B --> C...

My not being able to pick a lock isn't a major fact about the world at large but it is a major fact to my character in the here-and-now...

No matter what you might claim, "what the player hoped for" and "what the player decided" is, in this case using these rules, exactly...

A group I am playing with is using a VTT as a play aid due to our gaming site not being suited for a physical table. Many times we the...

False Equivalence #1: In my example the initial status is undefined. In yours it's defined as a living orc. False Equivalence #2: In my...

The analogy there is that the GM - who in theory controls the setting - gets to put the runes there but doesn't get to determine what...

Don't sell yourself short, I'm sure we could have at least a few more posts that repeat the exact same thing over and over.

D&D!

Again, that's different than what happened with the runes. A closer analogy might be if you and your friends got together for a raffle...

Same here, which makes it a fine date because I know I very likely won't have to worry about it. :) (I mean I suppose there's a small...

I disagree. The events you listed were of the form A --> B --> C, or even A --> B --> C --> D. "You fail the license test" --> "you...