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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7875664" data-attributes="member: 996">That also sounds like it would stop being intuitive pretty fast, but OK, I think I get it.&nbsp;I could quibble with that definition.&nbsp; An elegant solution will often be less complex than a heavily-kludged one, but not necessarily, each kludge might be very simple, and the flawed/inelegant system being kludged might need it because it is too simple for what it's doing.&nbsp; While an elegant solution may be more complex than any one of those things, though ultimately simpler in execution than the whole of them taken together.Well, it's simple, but it doesn't achieve broad or powerful results.&nbsp; So I'd stick with just &quot;the core d20 dice mechanic&quot; is simple.True enough, but also largely a matter of perception on the players' part.&nbsp; The DM can craft the illusion that he's not being arbitrary, for instance, by concealing details of the resolution and exagerating degree of preparation that has gone into the situation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7875664, member: 996"] That also sounds like it would stop being intuitive pretty fast, but OK, I think I get it. I could quibble with that definition. An elegant solution will often be less complex than a heavily-kludged one, but not necessarily, each kludge might be [I]very[/I] simple, and the flawed/inelegant system being kludged might need it because it is too simple for what it's doing. While an elegant solution may be more complex than any one of those things, though ultimately simpler in execution than the whole of them taken together. Well, it's simple, but it doesn't achieve broad or powerful results. So I'd stick with just "the core d20 dice mechanic" is simple. True enough, but also largely a matter of perception on the players' part. The DM can craft the illusion that he's not being arbitrary, for instance, by concealing details of the resolution and exagerating degree of preparation that has gone into the situation. [/QUOTE]

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