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The original AD&D rulebooks (PHB and DMG) are clear that "good" encompasses the general range of moral view: LG is framed in Benthamite...

I've never read or played MouseGuard, though I have heard of its phases/turns before. (I know TB2e fairly well, but it uses a different...

It's a long time since I've been to a convention. I went with friends, and we played together as a team. Mostly we didn't know the GMs...

For me roleplaying is quite a personal thing that you do with friends. I've been to loads of cons for wargaming and MtG, some of which...

Yes, I know. But in the context of the thread is seemed like it might be useful to spell it out.

I understand all of this. I was trying to characterise what strict TR looks like in response to someone who broadly denied it existed.

John Harper had a good diagram to illustrate this "jigsaw pieces" approach: The Mighty Atom

Yes. It doesn't have to. The GM in my example has been my regular GM for a long time and isn't normally like that (hence why I remember...

In Burning Wheel, on a successful roll the task is successful and the intent achieved. On a failed roll, the intent is not achieved -...

This thread is in the general forum and is not about your specific preference for adjudication only. To answer your question, though...

It made the sound the player wanted. Success!

And yet 2/3 of respondents to the poll have voted for "Effect".

Exactly. The player can make the same action declaration in either case. The question is what the rules resolve. Do the rules resolve...

Sure, you can! All that's needed is for the GM to not maintain the relationship between succeeding at the task and achieving the intent...

Conflict resolution prevents this because it maintains the connection between success and winning. Task resolution allows it because it...