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As I thought I made clear in the OP: this thread isn't about "my game's" core mechanic. It is about core mechanics in general. It isn't...

I meant "Which of these do I want to use? What's their strengths and weaknesses?" in the sense of "options for what I'm going to use."...

Well, you can discuss all of those as options.

Yes, but that particular space-opera setting is notoriously pulpy; its not every SF setting, not even every popular one (though in some...

I think "reality" is a fools errand, but I think that whatever degree of verisimilitude that the players want in their thematic play is...

Give me an open-ended resolution system and I'll absolutely do that for you. The question you need to ask is how far down the frequency...

And, of course, context. When you're trying for some genres and sorts fo settings, you don't so much want a sense of realism as the...

To be fair, it was never about realism, but rather the sense of realism. There is a huge difference between the two, and everyone's line...

I love it when I reread a post and notice I've left the word "not" out of a sentence. Because that doesn't change the meaning at all or...

And my reaction as always is "If I wanted to only play characters that can do what I can, I'd be LARPing." (Though that's probably even...

Well, there are those that will argue that combat works different than other skills in 95% or more of games out there. And they aren't...

According to this list: Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club 27 of 49 in the TTRPG million dollar crowdfunding club are made for...

I thought that might be the case.

My little piece of litmus paper detects serious quantities of salt.

Well, D&D suffers from skills being a latecomer into the system. Even the 3e era attempt to make skills and the combat roll look...