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To be fair, simple whim might drive the players to choose an alternate path. I'd argue part of the point of playing a TTRPG of any...

Close enough.

I feel like the traditional answer is "make the GM roll for it secretly" which is certainly one use of random tables. :p I proposed a...

I realize I've been shuffled into a 3rd rail, but I don't think that's quite fair. As you pointed out, everyone is fundamentally...

I'd argue the issue lies in the mechanisms of interaction, but that leads us quickly out of short summation territory.

The answer to this is: the dice roll is a thing that happens at the table. It's purpose is to determine whether or not the attempt to...

A thought I'm having on the fail forward discussion; is this a division of responsibility question? Setting aside the tools they have to...

Oh I see. Sorry, I was already drifting away from the initial example, which I would read as unparsably incomplete. The player hasn't...

Sure. It would also be a terrible game, with basically no agency. I mean, I don't really care, personally. Simplicity is widely...

Sure, I'm commenting on an issue I had with the framing you both were using. Does it matter? If there's a factor that renders noise...

No, I believe the design task is to set a series of rules that can as completely as possible adjudicate any player proposal, using...

I worry whenever "challenge" gets used this way. There's nothing challenging about a die roll; you don't demonstrate more or less skill...

When I run any of my games right now, if a PC “fails” a roll the first question in my head is: given the fictional circumstances and...

I mean, if your requirement is that NPCs are always pregenerated into a fictional space beforehand, than any mechanic that doesn't...

I think that's slightly reductive, that's also part of a set of principled restrictions on the GM's power, and it's part of the board...