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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8652688" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Everything about a TTRPG is ultimately arbitrary. Have a system where the GM decides whether some action is possible or not?&nbsp; Arbitrary. There's a chance of failure set at 60% by the author of the system?&nbsp; That author made an arbitrary decision. The fact that my last session had the&nbsp; group fighting skulks that (when revealed) looked vaguely like Danny Devito's penguin from the Batman movie?&nbsp; Arbitrary. If I tell people that it looks like the wall should be easy to climb,&nbsp; they generally know it's going to be around a DC 5, as stated in the DMG.&nbsp; Virtually but not completely impossible?&nbsp; Better hope you get that 30.&nbsp; Is the decision on the general difficulty arbitrary?&nbsp; Of course. Just like everything in the world that I'm staging for the PCs.&nbsp; I don't see how it matters. All decisions on how difficult it is to succeed at a task when the outcome is uncertain are arbitrary. The only difference is who decides that percentage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8652688, member: 6801845"] Everything about a TTRPG is ultimately arbitrary. Have a system where the GM decides whether some action is possible or not? Arbitrary. There's a chance of failure set at 60% by the author of the system? That author made an arbitrary decision. The fact that my last session had the group fighting skulks that (when revealed) looked vaguely like Danny Devito's penguin from the Batman movie? Arbitrary. If I tell people that it looks like the wall should be easy to climb, they generally know it's going to be around a DC 5, as stated in the DMG. Virtually but not completely impossible? Better hope you get that 30. Is the decision on the general difficulty arbitrary? Of course. Just like everything in the world that I'm staging for the PCs. I don't see how it matters. All decisions on how difficult it is to succeed at a task when the outcome is uncertain are arbitrary. The only difference is who decides that percentage. [/QUOTE]

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