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At which point you can make a rule, and now there's a rule for that thing.

That's reasonable. I was pushing back against the idea that if it isn't explicitly excluded, it's allowed. That's nonsensical, since...

Does any version of 5e actually say that anywhere? I wouldn't assume such a thing, especially if I was new and didn't have my own...

The only problem I have with that is that it means, essentially, that what is supposed to be a skill roll is actually determining how...

It makes more sense with some skills than others. I tend to find it follows better with perception-type skills than most others.

ah, that's probably why i thought it was in 5e but it's not the specific implementation i was thinking of, what i thought it was: take...

One of my bladesmithing mentors used to say, after making a mistake, "Good thing it's made out of metal!" (Meaning that steel (unlike...

I like to think that midichlorians are an indicator, but not a source. If you have strong force sensitivity, the midichlorians like...

It doesn't spoil anything. I like science fantasy. I just see it as a different thing with similar trappings.

I think the difference is attitude. The Force is overtly mystical, and is generally treated that way in-universe (in fact, trying to do...

Fortunately, we can add whatever rules we want to our games!

I'm not sure what that last part means. Reaction rolls are helpful for GMs. I guess you're right that Players could react out of...

That's still not the same as, "I'm supposed to be an expert lock-picker, and there's no time pressure, so I'm just going to hang out...

The laugh was for the last bit 😉 Reaction rolls are more akin to passive checks in something like 5e than they are active ones. I feel...

If I'm parsing that correctly you are not talking about initial reactions but what happens after a character (NPC or PC) does something...