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But all those prior things were done the same way. It's not like these games are mysterious to me. I've played them. I know how they...

If the dispositions are identical than, by definition, they will. @hawkeyefan and I are not making any assertion about how common such...

But why did the PCs fail to see them? There's no rule in D&D that you can only surprise someone if you are invisible or camouflaged. As...

But this can't literally be true, once we get beyond the most austere sort of map-and-key resolution. For instance, suppose that you're...

Don't worry, I know the maths.

I will guarantee that that is not true. I know that for a fact. In any situation which calls for multiple skill checks in your games...

Here is the approach I was posting about: At step 2, the GM thinks about the scenario and decides what will happen. That is why I regard...

I didn't say they fully model reality. But they avoid D&D-style stop motion. Which, as I posted, refutes your claim (post 13,269) that...

Correct. That's why the punch, as I said, is not a sufficient condition. It is an INUS condition. As I also posted, the sufficient...

The strike ranks in RQ are meant to try and push towards simultaneous resolution, without quite getting there. RM has so many different...

I rounded off: 0.98 ^ 10 = (approx) 0.82. So the chance of succeeding on 10 rolls with 2% failure is actually a bit more than 80%. The...

In my view, there is not much point in trying to discuss the (actual play) guard, or the (imagined play) cook in the context of Burning...

If you look at step 2 of your approach, you will see why I regard it as a GM-driven approach.

I don't know what you mean by an "independent action roll". At the table, the GM's decision is not independent of the roll - it is the...

The “we” thing is causing confusion again. @AlViking repeatedly asked if the guard would have shown up in @pemerton ‘s game on a...