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Well, is a roll in combat a test of the character in any way? I mean, I could see the argument that a 14th level fighter with high...

I find that this need for control over the PC correlates to the player’s ability (or lack thereof) to influence the game in ways “beyond...

I think there is way to play it so that you do not damage the character. One of the better ways, I believe, is, that if you do...

Speaking for myself at least, this has nothing to do with why I play RPGs that include social resolution systems.

Right so like I said, you still play your PC. Given your backstory or TIBF's the orc gains disadvantage on their persuasion check...

And to me it feels like a violation of the Czege principle. I want players to have agency over judgement calls, where there are two...

If I already know what my character would do in a situation before it comes up, than why did the GM run the scene? To me, there's few...

The problem I have with this is that it puts a game like Pendragon, widely regarded as Greg Stafford's magnum opus, in the category of...

Yes. They may not buy the story provided because abc reason. Yes. I think 10 + Insight (Wis) as the DC - along with disadvantage from a...

I've been fortunate to run quite a few Social Encounters with differing mechanics/ideas in play, sometimes the system is developed on...

I think based on your post we run different playstyles at the table. You as player get to decide. 1 and 2 would be options I came up...

The Obstacle represents this; not the roll of the dice. As I posted upthread, in the post that you replied to: These are the...

For me, RPGing is not a poor cousin to virtual reality. It's a creative, imaginative activity. The various resolution systems in a RPG...

I don't know what you mean. In Burning Wheel and Torchbearer, the Obstacle is representational. The rulebooks are clear about this, and...

Here's an example, from the last Torchbearer 2e game that I GMed: The PCs are in a room which has many weapons, of various sorts and...