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No? Because in any other system that would involve monster hunters in a modern-day supernatural setting, the PCs would be the focus of the game--because it's a genre that focuses on the thin-insert-color-here-line between humanity and the forces of darkness. But you're wrong about the PCs...

It's the games tones and presentations. They may have similar rule sets, but are presented in very different ways. And the way that 4e was presented was not appealing to me. Look, here's the 4e and 2e dryads: The 4e version, to me, is combat monster. You see this thing, you fight. It's a...

Because PbtA games are about the PCs, not about NPCs.

That's the problem with GNS. You can't divide RPGs into simply three categories; they're far too complex that that.

A combination of psuedo-medieval fantasy plus at least somewhat Tolkienesque races plus fighter/thief/mage and/or cleric classes and levels.

...It's a modern day supernatural game where you play monster hunters. Of course you're special and unique. Otherwise it would be modern day fantasy where monsters are out in the open, like in D&D.

That's actually my point--they were added later. It was little things. Like the fact the bard wasn't in the first PH. Like how they turned a delicate nature spirit (the dryad) into a tree monster. A lack of non-combat illusions. Little details like that that just turned me off. Again, I'm not...

OK, so I didn't play 4e, but a large part of that is because the first books made it clear (to me) it was very much a combat game. It looked like they removed nearly everything that wasn't combat-oriented. For instance: bards, (many) utility spells, good-aligned monsters. I know bards and at...

Of course the failure was caused by the crumbling rock. The nature of the cliff would be considered when setting the DC or penalty for climbing the cliff, just like other environmental factors would be considered. If a sturdy cliff with lots of handholds is (say) DC 13 to climb, then a crumbling...

GURPS?

That's covered in games that have modifiers for tool quality or steering or things like that.

I'm confused re: the bolded bit. In narrative games, there very often is independence from the player--that's why there are countdowns and fronts and situations that exist independently from the players, created by the GM. You've said you've played Monster of the Week, right? Each adventure has...

In a manner of speaking. I have pre-planned. I have improvised. I have not felt any different about the results. Neither felt more or less good, real, honest, or whatever other adjective you might want to use. While I will say that I can think about a scene more thoroughly when I plan it out...

I'm sorry, I can't remember. They're not on kickstarter, that I know of--they're GM guides on Amazon.

Wait, there's more Daggerheart kickstarters? I'm assuming 3pp. The only things I've heard about were some obviously AI-generated stuff that gets posted on the subreddit with warnings not to buy it.

I haven't actually watched any CR, and have no particular plans to, so I have no idea what any of those examples are. However, 5e has several boatloads of official and unofficial material and homebrew out, while DH is in its infancy and so has almost none. To my thinking, if they have players...

But that wouldn't happen every time there's a failed check. There's a boatload of possibilities. This includes possibilities like mechanical penalties or increasing difficulties to one or more upcoming rolls.

I'm pretty sure the idea is that the mechanics lend to the simulation. To paraphrase Hussar, the rules don't just say you miss in combat, they say how you miss, if you fail to connect at all because you misjudged or because the other guy dodged, or if you hit but your weapon bounces off their...

No, this is still wrong. When the dice are rolled, the GM could decide that there's a cook, or no cook, whether or not the roll is a success or failure. Because as I and others have pointed out, there are many options here. The GM could decide there's a cook in the kitchen. If the roll is a...