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Presumably him and others who don't want to play Torchbearer. Its still not an obviously excessive assumption, given the market.

He did say, "a lot of us" though. Who is "us" in this scenario?

Well, I think "a lot" is broad enough it can be viewed as accurate, or presumably more people would be playing Torchbearer. They didn't...

Well, at least in part that's because even the social bandwidth that goes between the two characters is not full; there are a lot of...

There are certainly games that don't wall off the effect of social skill rolls as only applying to NPCs. Some of them have more...

I would be fine with that providing the same method applied to PCs attempting to intimidate NPCs.

That is definitely a temptation. One I'd hope Players try to avoid in my games. I can definitely see the logic in placing restrictions...

Now, all you can really say is that's not an experience you want, to be fair

The use of the dice isn’t about any lack of trust in the players, it’s about the fact that your GM hamming it up at the table misses out...

I was thinking the other way. Trust your GM not to have NPCs behave in a way untrue to the setting and their capabilities. In return, I...

You'd think so, but often I've seen it go a different way. We don't choose our table mates exclusively for playstyle compatibility...

I would say it depends on how successful you want your game to be. Games that tightly focus on an intended playstyle and then rigidly...

Yup. If I wanted to play any genre of game that they make a PbtA for (and often do), I would do it with a toolkit system I enjoy more.

This is a good analysis of Blades. I find that I want to like BitD (and Scum & Villainy) but I struggle to actually do so. Or, put...

I think both kinds of games are good, and I'm glad both exist (although I prefer the toolkit style). I would only pick up and play an...