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This is actually already partially an idea in the Sundered Isles expansion for Starforged! (though more about theme than success) Edit...

To me, that doesn't sound like a particularly compelling dungeon.

Not in my case. When I use dice in a RPG it's not because I think the fiction is uncertain. It's because I want the fiction to be...

From the point of view of the structure of a player's engagement with the game, there is no difference between the following two states...

it was more that 'magic abilities have special privileges to influence characters in ways mundane skills can't'

Clearly this approach has to have limits, though. If a monster has, say, a fear aura, as a player it is your agreement to acknowledge it...

This is the way I look at it. 5e has a skill that can be used to read someone, and ideally identify if they're telling the truth. If...

To me, this kind of situation is more a question of why does it matter so much that the PC shouldn’t know the NPC is lying? I mean, if...

Hate to say it, but there are some people that are "unable" to keep up with me in conversation. My solution to that is to not have...

Commentary for post #5263. We started the second session with the PCs arriving at the outpost (a stone tower ~20m tall) with monsters...

In my experience, the play of Marvel Heroic RP/Cortex+ Heroic involves a lot of plot points being spent and earned; many more than a...

If one prefers no metacurrency, PbtA games, FitD (which as been a large part of the discussion in this thread) games, and Legend in the...

For the most part I don't run games that have tactically complex combat (no minis). Combat in the majority of the systems I run is a...

What you’re saying is that it’s not a problem for your game or any game you’ve ever seen… but that it’s a problem. So who’s it a problem...

Then why are you going on and on about it? If it’s not an issue for your game and if you’ve, quote… “never seen it be a problem for...