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I prefer option 1. If skills are to some degree interelated, and proficiency in one expects some amount of proficiency in related...

The TOR system has an interesting take on this: While a Gandalf rune on the d12 is an automatic success regardless of dice total, an Eye...

From the typical user's point of view, what is the material difference between it going to China as opposed to Silicon Valley? In...

I prefer narrow skills provided the costs to acquire them are reasonable. It's all about setting logic to me.

That's how it is here in the US too. My wife just started a business and she needed to provide a physical address to the government.

I grew up in that same era, but at least back then I had a good group of friends who were on board with the same playstyle. It wasn't...

Fair enough, but to each their own. I like hexcrawls, and subsystems, and I'm fine with complexity if it adds depth. I see abstraction...

I certainly didn't mean to be archly about it at all. I'm sympathetic to your plight because I find myself in the same boat. While...

We can only hope. I want Sim to make a comeback! Tired of people archly telling me how unpopular my playstyle is.

Speaking of mechanics, a long time ago we greatly enjoyed the MERP systems style of combat. It was D100, but you could take your skill...

Skill 80 = 80% doesn't take into account the difficulty (or armor class) of the challenge, nor situational modifiers. And personally I...

Great points. I think I'm a little less worried about the balance. I think it's going to be very setting-dependent and even...

But more episodes at a stretch before having to wait a year or more. To each their own.

What's weird is that it isn't the numbers that matter, it's what the numbers equate to in game terms. Without knowing what each of...

I like the idea that most results are near the middle of the distribution. Feels more realistic for most actions. But if there's some...