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To be clear, I'm strongly against "checks to see if a character knows something" in general. If a player asks for info, I tell them the...

One of them is rolling a 18 for your main stat; the other is deciding that a 15 is good enough. :)

Pretty much all knowledge checks in skill-based systems basically acknowledge that a particular character's knowledge is all in a...

I use bad information in some RPG contexts, but I don't think it's a good fit for a game where (i) the players roll the dice, and (ii)...

If the players don't know, and can't reasonably learn, that they have 36 turns, then the GM's clock doesn't add much to gameplay.

Well, it might create a situation where the players all sagely nod their heads and say "Yep, there's no way we would have known how long...

I don't think this metaphor is exactly aligned with what I was proposing. At its core, my proposal is that the player's can't "choose"...

Since we're in the context of predominantly trad/classic play for this use case (exploring a pre-designed module), my assumption would...

Classic Traveller calls all player-side rolls (I think it's all of them) throws, short for "saving throws". Though some are closer to...

I mean, they're worse off than they would have been if they had made the check! I think of it this way: the starting position of the...

I mean, I would probably buy a new setting (and I haven't bought a WotC product myself in 6 years). I like new stuff! But I think 5e...

This is in response to @SlyFlourish new video. Here is a link with a time stamp of 31:14 where the discussion starts: Since I am one...

Upthread, there were multiple posts about the use of Knowledge-type checks to learn backstory, or similar stuff. Reading stuff written...

The cat has both achieved and not achieved Nirvana, until it is observed.

I prefer to call it "my unique character." Thanks for noticing!