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One of the oddest jargon phrases we hear now and then is IIRC "In order to do something, do it." Which, without the detailed...

I am replying this far back, as your back and forth with @Maxperson is a dead end. You are right about that the roll determines the...

it's not inconsistent, the wandering monster is not being determined by the same roll that the players are using for a check, it is...

You not accepting the difference does not mean much, sorry. A random encounter does not create monsters. It does not add mountain...

There’s another solution as well. Amend ‘fair use doctrine by judicial interpretation to include all content used to train AI and put...

If I used random encounters, I would roll for the encounter and then set the scene for the encounter that's about to happen in. "You...

Yes--the fact that things have explicit examples and definitions does not preclude it from being jargon. It's usually a characteristic...

Yes, I agree. But this isn't what the roll is doing. Compare three cases: 1) A master thief with fixed world abilities would get a...

Cool example. I agree that the narrative mechanics are very useful in running a no prep game, and I've ported them over before in order...

Different strokes for different folks. In my games if the characters are breaking into a house I'll know who's there, whether there are...

Not to an extent. It's completely true. You can in fact play D&D like that. This is in my opinion most of what makes D&D so popular...

I've come across mountain lion scat (bits of rabbit fur in obviously fresh poo) and I'm sure the cat knew we were there. Been in...

So the lockpick roll… I’d use one roll to determine the outcome overall. I wouldn’t require a lockpick and then a stealth roll to pick...

There have been many threads over the years that were longer, not just 3. :P

True to an extent. But then when I give a concrete example of picking the lock and the quantum cook, I get "What the goal and...