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I think that the player skill vs character skill conflict is really a false one. What I'm interested in is 'does this add to the game?'...

Ha! My bad. If there was an emoji of me smacking my forehead, I would post it here.

You answered your own question with the bolded words. It doesn't matter that the expert lockpicker will eventually open most locks...

You seem to be talking about DM-side mapping here, while designing the adventure. The rest of us are, I think, talking about...

I think this is the way to go for groups that aren’t into mapping. I think for some modes of play, dungeons themselves are puzzles. The...

That would make a difference, yes. Most dungeons I run are in the 30-50 area (or room) range, as Jacquaysed as I can get 'em, and...

All true, and that's just how I like it. Those hazards you note re Poly Other were an excellent deterrent to casting it on your allies...

Haw! I trust my gut. I'm very, very good at ordering (I have been told as much by folks with even more experience than I have, and...

Thanks to this, sooner or later Jethro the Troll is going to appear in my game. :)

While I don't love how that last sentence is expressed, I also don't want the opposite: that the only thing players are able to do are...

GM makes a mistake and puts a plot-essential NPC in a position that allows a PC to kill them => GM gets screwed Happened in our game...

The other side of that coin is the eloquent player who used CHA as their PC’s dump stat. Do you let them charm and beguile NPCs or do...

To me there's no question player skill makes for more fun and immersive gameplay, so should be favored where possible. The undercurrent...

To me the bolded is two different objectives concatenated into one: --- pick the lock --- be quiet about it And thus there should be...

I have to ask: when you have your players roll for stuff like this, do they know that success for the actual action they're taking is...