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Vampire and Call of Cthulhu are textbook trad games (and with 8 stats and 50ish skills CoC isn't even in the neighbourhood of rules...

Something something “fiction first gaming” something something.

Sorry, I should have been more specific. The gate is the GM saying 'it sounds like you want to X'. If the skill doesn't match the...

Hm? The players have Final Say on the Actions they use, that's why the "Don't Be a Weasel" Best Practice is enumerated. The GM just...

Broad skill selection also really places the emphasis on the push, help, and devil's bargain mechanics which usually makes for engaging...

My last FITD game most of the characters were action specialists, and then we had one who had 3 dots in each attribute. They muddled...

To be fair, your account of how the game plays is very odd. Fishing for specific stat use just isn't how the game is supposed to be...

Here's an interesting question: if the GM/MC is aware of a larger set of Threats/Dangers/etc due to their prep, and they bring that in...

Really on point post. The snipped bit is interesting because the origin of this discussion was me and @pemerton discussing Apocalypse...

The die pool doesn't change, no. Position is set by how advantageous the situation is for the PC and each level...

I don't know exactly how BitD explains what you've posted here. I think Ironsworn does a pretty good job. And your post is clear too...

Yeah, actually this split between generative and position resolution is perhaps pretty distinct to the change between the core Blades in...

"Harder to pull off based on the fiction." My entire statement was about how we understand the fictional impacts of a desired course of...

yeah, that's literally how the Threat Roll works. Like, the last bit? Exactly the sort of rolls we make. "So you'll get into the tomb...

Huh? No, that's what I meant - position and effect never affect the dice pool. Thus it's never "harder to do" being judged, it's "how...