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I will add: Do not do character gen at the one shot. I don’t care if it’s supposedly part of the game like in PBTA or its ilk. The one...

Then I am.not sure how it qualifies as different. "I rough up the locals until.someone squeals." "Okay. Roll." How is that different...

I use it primarily if players have different goals happening simultaneously and I don't want to take up game time doing every roll...

Any downtime activity individual characters may want to undertake in D&D or an OSR/adjacent game can involve this kind of roll.

This is what I noticed as well. I don't think "effect or intent" is an accurate description of what's being presented. To me, the...

The alternative is: "I want to hunt down who did this." "Okay, roll X." "I got a 21." "That succeeds. What does that look like?"...

This alone is why I am confused how to use the "roll for intent" thing. On a different forum I was alerted to the fact that my OP terms...

Lets say the PCs are in a dungeon of a keep. Suddenly, there are numerous foes chasing after them. I may ask them what they want to do...

The questions as phrased are more about granularity. The task of blackmailing the NPC is broken down into 3 sub tasks: 1 Get over the...

I got picked on and roughed up in high-school (90s) because I was a "four eyed nerd" who liked fantasy and sci-fi and TTRPGs. At least...

Generally I suggest you should use C) The GM sets the scene, setting up opposition, then the PCs say how they want to proceed then roll...

It sounds like it, yes. That's how I'd do it, but there's an infinite variety of ways to handle it. Individual tasks, parts of scenes...

So I've got the gist of it at least? I should perhaps be thinking about scenes in more discreet sections, and frame goals and stakes on...

I am not entirely sure what you mean by this. Is there any way you could provide an example?

If I'm understanding the question, I think you're skipping over stuff you don't need to in your examples. That is to say, rolling for...