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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5887489" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>Very interesting post!</p><p></p><p>4e <em>does</em> have social conflict rules, namely, skill challenges. And they raise the same considerations in adjudication that you mention for HeroWars/Quest. I think it is important to try to fill in some of the narration as the scene unfolds - if you leave it <em>all</em> until after the event, the players have got no basis on which to bring their abilities to bear on the scene. But you need to maintain enough flexibility to allow room for the scene to develop to whatever its culmination ends up being.</p><p></p><p>On the scope of GM narration of PC emotional responses, I'm fairly careful in this regard, but occasionally the only way to adjudicate a power usage or a skill check failure is to take some modest steps into this terrain.</p><p></p><p>I would be surprised if D&Dnext goes as far as 4e in these respects, given the general hostility to skill challenges, and to 4e's fortune-in-the-middle resolution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 5887489, member: 42582"] Very interesting post! 4e [I]does[/I] have social conflict rules, namely, skill challenges. And they raise the same considerations in adjudication that you mention for HeroWars/Quest. I think it is important to try to fill in some of the narration as the scene unfolds - if you leave it [I]all[/I] until after the event, the players have got no basis on which to bring their abilities to bear on the scene. But you need to maintain enough flexibility to allow room for the scene to develop to whatever its culmination ends up being. On the scope of GM narration of PC emotional responses, I'm fairly careful in this regard, but occasionally the only way to adjudicate a power usage or a skill check failure is to take some modest steps into this terrain. I would be surprised if D&Dnext goes as far as 4e in these respects, given the general hostility to skill challenges, and to 4e's fortune-in-the-middle resolution. [/QUOTE]
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