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I think the more interested you are in having a strong creative vision and paring that in with a mechanical setup that rewards it, the...

I work with or work for, many of the people who created some of these games, and Vampire is a great example. Design language has...

I play a lot of RPGs with mechanical social skills. They don't fail.

Here's what it says here <Using Ability Scores>: The DM calls for an ability check when a character or monster attempts an action...

As I said, I don't tend to see the dice as representing anything. They're a decision procedure. Like if we toss a coin to decide which...

This is one approach. It's not the only possible approach even with mainstream ways of playing D&D. And of course there are RPGs that...

But how should the GM be doing this? I often GM RPGs where the NPCs/creatures who oppose the PCs have Beliefs, Instincts, Nature etc...

My starting point is that the randomiser doesn't represent anything: it's a decision procedure, not a model. Taking it to "represent ...

Does the contrary also apply? Eg a first level fighter can't Intimidate a pit fiend? But what about bluffing? Perhaps a first level...

I enjoy Deception, Insight, Persuasion and Intimidation. The loose system invites GM and players to establish goals, negotiate, create...

Pretty sure it's a lot. Even 1% of all D&D players is a lot of people. But I'm not really interested in defending it with empirical...

I enjoy a reasonable variety of procedures of play. But there is one that I tend to be hesitant about, and a related one that I...

I think this is an important question about a core mechanic: what does the outcome of the mechanic tell us about the fiction...

Whats the next thread?

There's a lot of variety in RPGs. But most of them have two distinguishing features: * There is a fiction that the participants imagine...