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Putting aside the fact that I think the Horus Heresy peaked as a two page write-up in the original Rogue Trader, this is now a cow that...

Yeah, that's a thing. As some others have mentioned, when playing games with complications besides just success/failure it doesn't feel...

I don't want some weird story game where success is determined first and then portioned out over play; it was a strange conflict model...

Well, let's start by "are we both playing the game." And no, from your post it sounds like you have not played it yet, so.... Listen...

I'm the GM for the game in question. I run almost exclusively Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark games. That every Fear is...

We disagree. It in fact, does not match any manner of story in a meaningful way. The takeaway was that in a game where dice rolls...

We have run into issues with this and found balance to not be true at all. Each player has seen rolls of about half the time we roll...

And the simple answer is "because I want to do a range of things as part of a varied campaign where we get to keep the same characters...

Awesome! I will link these ideas to my players, and see what we can cum up with, thanks! @Campbell

So, there are basically 4 places we could block any given action in a roleplaying game: Intent: a character wants to do something...

this is correct. Not the exact copy pasta of a other game. Just plot or style or tropes. A lot of a game is setting. So even if...

@RenleyRenfield is welcome to correct me, but I'm fairly sure he meant gumshoe with a little g. Not the Gumshoe system.

This was my thoughts too. Also, let's not discount Stress.... Why is gumshoe an issue? What in gumshoe is not compatible with rolling...

Well, that is a good question. It has a weird motherboard setting, and they are running Umbra. And each of those have custom rules...

I am here to get all the ideas and hear all the cool stuff people are doing with Daggerheart that isn't high fantasy. Tag me and tell...