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Yes that's my point: risk has to be assessed, and if there is a risk then there are stakes, and a roll to see what happens. (The...

Not as I read it. It first asks is there a risk?

To an extent, yes. That's why I've given examples from a few different systems. There does seem to be a significant dissensus, though...

This is important in Torchbearer 2e.

That’s not what I’m doing. To hell with the text. Blame your issues with the game entirely on the text if you want. Okay… the text is...

Just to belabor this, using the fun Vader example (which might even show up in S&V!): Player "oh crap, Vader is standing there? Um...

No, not at all. I also don't think it's necessary, and I'm making suggestions to you to alleviate it since you seem frustrated by it...

Then don't be a Weasel, and have a GM who lets you know how they read position/effect well based on the Action you're saying you're...

Vampire and Call of Cthulhu are textbook trad games (and with 8 stats and 50ish skills CoC isn't even in the neighbourhood of rules...

To be fair, your account of how the game plays is very odd. Fishing for specific stat use just isn't how the game is supposed to be...

I don't think this makes much sense. There is no objective entity the D&D multiverse. When I play D&D, it's objectively true that I'm...

I am running two campaigns at the moment, one passed 30 sessions recently, the other one passed 20 sessions. But like many other games...

This is interesting. In Sorcerer I’d frame it as a humanity test and the roll over gives you extra dice to put toward conflicts with...

That was me adding flourish. As a GM I'm throwing it back to the player because I assume he's going to kill the guard. he would be in...