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Honestly, there's not much nuance for me. If you decide to use a game's random outcome-determination method, but after seeing the result you decide to change it, that's where my line is. I don't do it, and I don't want to play in a game where it's done. If you don't want to abide by a random...

Did you know that logic and rules of credibility don't stop in the courtroom? Let me just ask you straight out, because I want to know if you're a liar or not. Do you, yes or no, sometimes believe that someone is wrong if they tell you something that is completely alien to your experience? I...

First: Dude, I'm a lawyer. I'm all about the hypothetical! Second: What you describe as your "own personal experiences," I'll describe as "hearsay." (Seriously. Legally speaking, it's hearsay.) Again, I'm not saying that you're lying ... I'm saying that I believe you're wrong, because what...

I don't trust fudging DMs. I don't know if that, by your definition, means that I'm calling them "untrustworthy" or not. But I don't trust someone (in the context of a game) who is unilaterally altering the rules we've implicitly or explicitly agreed upon. For what it's worth, I also never...

I'm with Piratecat; I love this aspect of M&M. Absolutely love it. On the other hand, a mechanic like this fits the superhero genre in a way that it doesn't, IMO, fit many others. (IMO, it also fits Star Wars, and there are likely other examples.) While the part of my aversion to fudging...

I think he's got a weakness for shiny white-and-black hardshell armor. I haven't had a chance to fully explore this yet, but eventually I may be able to explain why TK-421 never stayed at his post.

If you say so. I think that what they describe isn't the use of a tool for telling a story, but rather the use of a framework for the unfolding of a story in play. I'm perfectly fine with what they describe (example of fudging aside), but I agree with people that calling an RPG a means of...

I honestly think it's just a case of sloppy writing. It's not an RPG's "purpose" to "tell a story," but it is an RPG's purpose to provide a framework in which a story -- a narrative, not necessarily a well-structured story -- will occur. That's what I think is meant there. BTW, I love the D6...

Fourth Edition fixed Shadowrun's problems with an uneven probability curve. From a game mechanical perspective, I recommend it. (From a personal perspective, I recommend using Third Edition and buying all my Third Edition rulebooks, which are otherwise going to Goodwill.) On the other hand...

Talk about misrepresentation. Raven Crowking didn't posit fudging to "prevent any and all PC death." He presented specific circumstance: a critical hit that would kill a PC. Out of curiosity, if a fudging DM would not fudge that roll, which seems to meet the criterion of "death by bad luck"...

While this does sometimes happen, I don't necessarily consider it a bad thing. (Sometimes it is. Not often, in our games.) I just consider it the PCs realizing that they're throwing everything but the kitchen sink at someone, and not fazing him, and then using that info to make in-character...

My SWSE Noble / Scoundrel Force-user would be played by the gay bearded dude on "Modern Family." Appearance-wise, anyway. The PC is significantly less gay.

Folks keep pointing out a couple of things I wanted to comment on: (1) Good DMs don't fudge often, and (2) Players don't want to know when a DM is fudging. The problem when you combine these things is that they add up to, "The players don't know how often the DM is fudging, and can assume...

Is EN World no longer providing a Marketplace forum? (If not, it's a shame. I sold a bunch of minis, very cheap, using it. And now I have a bunch of RPG books that will otherwise just go to Goodwill.) If I'm just overlooking the new facility (always possible), just point me that way.

My ratio of prep time to game time is about one-to-one. A little bit less. (I usually spend about four hours prepping for a five-hour session.) I spend about one-quarter of my time thinking up and writing down plot-points that are going forward, of course bearing in mind that character...

Trust me, you can. I currently have at least 80 orcs, of at least 20 different poses, and I've sold a lot of my Common minis, including dozens of orcs. A new collector may not have enough -- or may want more -- but -- again, trust me -- if you've been buying by the case since Harbinger, you...

I'm pretty sure his final appearance has him as Huge, so it's time to bust out the Eye Tyrant!

Run on the Palm Pre? Seriously, I hope you guys will consider it. Or make it open source. If so, somebody in the webOS community will do the rest.

I bought four McFarlane dragons for about $12 each a couple of years ago, and I've so far used two in a couple of the most memorable encounters of my last campaign. (By contrast, I haven't used any of my WotC Icon dragons yet, though my buddy did use the blue and black dragons for his Age of...

Lemme know where, and I'll be there. I've only played half a game, but I love it. Lemme 'splain. No, there is too much; lemme sum up. I was Tigh, and a Cylon. I knew I could only play for half the game (all were fine with that, as they could rope in a player when needed). As my time...