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That would be a misreading. He's illustrating they can be used that way counter to what some people think, unrelated to scale.

No, I successfully intimidated the guard. It just didn't have the outcome I wanted.

I think this illustrates how task resolution, in combination with no sense that the GM is obliged to honour the intent, is a recipe for...

Here's an example of the difference that happened to me once: The group has infiltrated the enemy encampment and we are in the enemy...

Yes, the issue of scale is separate from task versus conflict. As Vincent Baker said in his essay "Conflict Resolution vs. Task...

As I am one of only two people who have voted for "Roll for Intent" so far, I feel almost obligated to respond. First, I'd like to say...

This came up a few times in discussions of 4e: what's the DC for a Diplomacy check to allow another character to spend a healing surge...

I have read you at various points as saying that D&D does feature rolling for intent instead of rolling for effect. What I'm saying...

No, my understanding of systems that use that principle, like Burning Wheel in which it is phrased as "Roll the dice or say, 'yes'", for...

This isn't quite right: there is no "vice versa"; and it is only Comeliness of -9 or lower that triggers this effect, and only if both...

It depends on the system. Classic Traveller uses random encounters. Torchbearer has random Camp and Town Events; but encounters during...

Awesome to see you posting! I haven't seen you for ages. Pulsipher's skilled play is basically the same as what Gygax describes in his...

Multiple play styles co-existed, and were perceived to co-exist, in the 70s and 80s. In Part I of his series "D&D Campaigns" published...

What adventure(s) do you have in mind?

I'm not super convinced about some fundamental difference between RPGs and every other type of games. In my experience, pretty much...