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They are not narrative mechanics.

It's become increasingly common as a meme over the past decade or so, at least. Despite D&D in the past 25 years having no core fumble...

I'm not sure crunchy bits and narrative tools are inherently in conflict. The bigger conflict would be a bunch of prescribed DCs for...

On the subject of CRPGs, I would love a modern Freedom Force. Capes isn't bad, buy doesn't quite scratch the itch.

I don't think so. I am pretty sure it was (is; both games are still going) standard MMO combat.

Because Hope and Fear are more immediately useful in combat, it makes sense that there are significantly more rolls in combat. It keeps...

Rolling with fear gives the GM Fear currency. Trying to game the system to get Hope is a losing proposition.

MMOs are not in the same play space as CRPGs IMO. We did have a Warcraft 3 like hero RTS for Eberron way back in the day. Dragonshards...

That’s a table choice kind of thing. From p176: “Some players love getting new weapons and armor, while others may have established an...

Baron Moh’s Keep Baron Moh has glimpsed a future where a motley group of adventurers unravel the fabric of reality itself – whether by...

It becomes one if the group accepts that as a regular thing, in which case it is a house rule (but house rules are still mechanics).

I think a good broad description (if not definition) of a "narrative mechanic" is a mechanic in which someone at the table gets to...

That raises an interesting question: can something be a "narrative mechanic" if it only applies to the GM. For example, imagine if in...

Id take Foundry, but I get what you are saying. If I didnt have a solid local group playing on actual wargame tables with 3D terrain...

It is pretty common for current players in 5E games to roll that Nat20 and suggest (or request) a bigger than usual success. I think...