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Seems like we are on the same page about getting rid of a detailed system Edit: hope @Stormonu can read it, now that I quoted you

@Stormonu I like your system. The way I run at the moment is having a system like yours, but only in my mind as reference, while actual combat at the table is mostly freeform. Maybe at the end of an exchange a single check is rolled. Conversation during combat then, I've seen, eventually...

I am convinced beyond doubt that the use of powers, spells, rituals is allowed in 4e skill challenges by RAW. Thanks folks, what a relief :D

Combat as Leisure ;)

@Lyxen I'm wondering How much of the 5e crunch do you actually use at your table? I'm running a B/X game that lately steered into freeform territory...

Yes, intense Gm high over here too, even when sober! ;)

@Ovinomancer Thanks for the detailed passage. At first I thought six successes were too much, but reading, it flowed nicely. Also cool that in the end they did not make it.

I'd like to hear how you do that, even with some examples, if you want. As an aside, I'm also curious about players' self-authored quests, how did they work in 4e.

This year we wanted to play an old module and I picked up Lost caverns of Tsojcant. Didn't really care about 1e, so I chose OSE with the advanced options. Then it became a streamlining process from the procedures of B/X, to a loose framework of proficiency/advantage/stances dice added to D20 to...

Ah ah! Not really. But since you're asking, I'll just add that lots of visuals limit my imagination and immersion at the table. Half my group uses voices, the other half not FWIW

Reading makes the brain work to visualize, watching a move does not.

So much this, yes. Made to be broken, not metaphorically, in my current scenario. The words from Edwards come as a relief after being shaken by @Ovinomancer mention of mechanical immersion vs cinematic escapism, doubled down by @hawkeyefan 's blu pill vs red pill Matrix reference, since I'm...

Knight gives-way to cursed sword.

Here is almost midnight, these are my thoughts, let' see how it goes. Tl;dr fast, flowing, combat heavy, hard choices driven session, influenced by, and actually more cinematic than, PbtA, IME. procedural content generation (method + why) > Gm via prep and via improv after players action...

Ook. One official FKR, and I mean it, session under the belt, D&D '81. Will elaborate on play loop tomorrow. Was... A... B L A S T, by the way.

Oh, no!! Ah ah! :D

Seems legit ;)

I guess the bit of resolution lies in: "adjudicated more by description and context than rolls"

@Manbearcat Here we go. I understand it's not exactly what you asked for, but there's that? ---I tend to approach most sessions, regardless of system or rules, with a big handful of d6 tosses. I interpret the results as seems appropriate. It is entirely arbitrary given the approach. (Re...

Yeah, I got it. I find your replies very informative and punctual. As I pointed out, that was AFAIK an off the cuff, improv, spur of the moment exercise between those two Gms. What I can offer you, in response, is just a different, maybe simple, basic, idea to counter your analytical mind...