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Again there is no serious problem if the lockpicking merely drew attention. The problem arises if there on the success was no cook there...

I realize I wasn't who it was directed at, but I can't say I'd feel any difference when the probabilities and approach were otherwise...

Right, but it's not about the maths, it's the perception. On an intellectual level, I know it's illogical, but roll under feels...

That blog post was quite empathicaly argued against in this though: Broken RPG Theory: The "Six Cultures...

But the lock perspective is the same in D&D. On one lock a player A need to roll X, player B to roll Y and player C to roll Z where X, Y...

You can recast that system as fixed DCs with skill bonuses, though. E.g., Steven has a STR of 10. Margaret has a STR of 14. They both...

It wouldn't the GM changing DC to character though? It would rather be as if everything is having one DC. The per character component is...

What makes that exhausting to you? What, in fact, is that to you and your play at all?

Best I can tell, @pemerton views GM-created as synonymous with GM-driven, where others view a distinction.

I don't see how this whole conversation suggests an unwillingness to try new things. The goal of play seems pretty clearly defined imo...

I'm not familiar with those rules, but it sounds similar to what earlier editions of D&D did for some things. The mechanics of success...

And thus the exhausting, essential conservatism. There's no looking for a path towards realizing any sort of play goal, there's just...

Guys, I think RPGs are pretty cool

But it’s the comparison I've cared about since this thread started.

Agreed. I regularly tweak the rules of my version of D&D to make feel like a better simulation to me.