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Fictional state as assessed by you. That's a decision. The only two resolution methods available are 'the rules say' or 'a participant...

There is a point at which the success of the venture has not yet been determined. There is a point at which a further success or...

Does this apply to combat? I know that my first attack against the monster is very unlikely to be fatal. Quite likely it would be...

Wow, that’s really odd. I mentioned constraints being useful for creativity. The players decided to climb a wall rather than take...

An analogy might be combat. We can use the basic to-hit rules to throw a solitary punch at someone, or fire an arrow at a target. In...

Pacing and transparency of stakes.

If you're saying that this is a completely subjective taste thing on your part, then fine. But you seem to be making a broader point...

So you're approaching non-SC skill checks the same way as you approach SC skill checks then? What it adds in principle is a...

But don't you do this in regular play all the time? You try to persuade the sweet old lady even though intimidate is your higher score...

But this is you choosing to adopt a shallower, degenerate mode of play in response to the added structure. Nothing about SCs forces you...

No it doesn't? Unless what you really mean here is 'the GM's exclusive discretion over the fiction'. What's the point of any dice rolls...

I am honestly completely mystified here. If 'hunt' is your best skill, then why would the existence or absence of a Skill Challenge...

Yeah, this is a whole other point. Nothing has been lost, if you were already assuming limitless GM power to say this or that, then they...

But players don’t do that without a progress clock? Well, if the module doesn’t expect this is possible, how did you know it was more...

I thought the objection to skill challenges was that it's not possible to go faster or slower. Now the objection seems to be that skill...