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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6257872" data-attributes="member: 20323">[MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] I think in a simulation-centered game this is more defined science, whereas with D&D it's more interpretive art.An short example from my game:Fighter Player rolls 2 sword attacks against an invisible monster (a type of hell hound). Both miss, one is a critical miss. He re-rolls the miss using an ability and misses again...but the roll is high enough that he can use a human racial ability to give him a bonus turning it into a hit.First of all, can you guess which edition? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> HahaSo, in the narrative that became: You're attacking the same area where the Ranger just landed an arrow - the fletching is still slightly visible. As you lunge forward you hear the creature growl and suddenly your offhand blade is torn for your grasp by its jaws! (the critical miss) Using that to guide your next strike, you swing where you expected its head to be...confirming that this is indeed a four-legged creature of some sort...but with your years of training you nimbly twist the blade mid-stroke and feel it connect with some sort of thick hide, connect but not quite penetrate. Your sweating now from proximity tithes creature's heat aura. (the miss, and the re-roll ability) With sheer determination, you press your now free offhand down upon the hilt, using your body weight to drive it in. A yelp comes from the invisible beast as hot blood sprays across your forearms. (the human racial ability turns it to a hit)</blockquote>

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