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My contention is that the latter barely even qualifies as adventure design outside of maybe a choose your own adventure book. Obviously...

It's funny you should say that because I find that a lot of old school adventures are way better about this that some other games. Here...

Even in Dragonbane, if there is no time pressure and no consequence of failure, there is no reason to call for a roll. So include a...

For secret doors, my preferred solution, although it's a lot of work, is to telegraph their presence so that observant players search in...

I pretty much do this. I also encourage players to take initiative and ask me the DM for information like "with my sage background...

Thats why I ALWAYS use time loss as consequence. So there is always at least some consequence - time passing. Which leads to spells and...

Lol. I wish I had the video clip from Aliens: Carter Burke: "He's just a grunt! No offense." Corporal Hicks: "None taken." But...

Again, I think the flaws are present in all skill systems, especially those that have skills relating to knowing or noticing things (as...

More like, "I hate skill systems, and when they are tied to XP I can't even ignore them."

I've been playing Dragonbane this weekend, and it reminds me of why I hate skill systems. First, I have to say that I love almost...

If you want the best people to apply to write for you then paying them well is a good place to start.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't fix its lack of reading comprehension.

This is the last response I have to this, because frankly there's no convincing you but others could learn something and I wouldnt want...

So no Inspiration, Luck tokens etc in your game? Because they count for that IMO. Its nothing coming from the character and in-universe...

As I've said many times, I don't like the underlying design premise of so many RPGs, which is that 'smart game play' is about knowing...