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While you're not wrong, as with most such things "Matters of degree matter." You can make an argument that to what degree they do is...

I dunno; you still have to do some addition during the resolution process (i.e. roll the D20, add the +2, see if it makes the DC). The...

VTTs have definitely changed the calculus for how picky we can be about the people we game with. I mostly only play live, so the...

The problem with narrow skills even from a realism POV (and admittedly GURPS tries to address this with defaulting) is many skills are...

Sure, you could make a game where the skill values overpower the RNG in most cases. Just taking some numbers off the top of my head, you...

I guess. I just don't think "your skill is 80 and you have a 10% penalty because of X" is notably harder to understand there.

No offense, I am not sure it's a win or lose thing. It's a situation where, I believe, the OP learned that the definition of...

That's fine; that's your choice. I just think acting like its a choice on their part is in some cases pretty off, and you shouldn't do...

A functional but kind of klunky way to represent a way for post 100% skills to have function besides increased special and critical results.

Most percentile systems don't ignore those things (though baking in armor penetration into the to-hit is largely a conceit of D&D...

Maybe not, but again, something has to convey the degree of edge one (or one's opponent) has in a combat exchange, and that's one of the...

I don't think linear systems are any more prone to over-relying on random chance than non-linear ones - if you're using a random...

ah yes, doubles as crits, if you go by the total it still is all over the place, did not consider that case / their total for this. The...

OK, just looked it up. Their initial movie is hilariously pointed.

Regarding looking up your name--mine is both short enough and not obscure enough, that barring a qualification (say, adding "rpg" to the...