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Same for me That said, any example given in this thread will be subjective to a certain extent.

How is a successful Persuasion check by the PCs not "mind control"?

What counts as "more recent"? I've read the newer Thrawn books, Dark Disciple, Catalyst, Ahsoka, Lords of the Sith, the Rise of Empire...

If Hope and Fear happen in the game for diagetic reasons, I'm prepared to think of them as diagetic mechanics. That's my (personal) line.

That last is why it wouldn't work for me, but that doesn't mean it isn't a working system that does what it intends to do.

In theory, I suppose it is possible. In practice, I cannot currently think of a reason why we would want this. Even if we don't worry...

That is definitely a subjective call. I am very familiar with TOR and never encountered any issue with it's travel rules. Encountering...

Yeah...I don't know. There's some weird epistemology going on there.

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...