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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 2133268" data-attributes="member: 20323">I found this post on a Mutants & Masterminds forum that really impressed me. (unfortunately, I don't know the link) Basically, it is a system for allowing the players a degree of narrative control. Whenever a roll is made to gather information, a "Clue Roll", the player says "I expect XYZ", makes the roll, then consults this table...CLUE ROLESFail by 10 or More: No, And Fail by 5 or More: No, But Fail by less than 5: No, But or Yes, But (at GM's discretion) Success by less than 5: Yes, But Success by more than 5: Yes (Player narrates)Success by more than 10: Yes, AndGM Narates "NO" plus "AND" on a failure and "BUT" on a success Player Narates "YES" plus "AND" on success and "BUT" on failure.Only one “Clue Roll” per character per sceneOnly one “Clue Roll” per skill per sceneFor example: Say I'm playing Clatterstar, who is about to listen to the other side of a door. I would say "I think that the evil Daimyo is giving orders to his minions to set sail when the fog bank rolls in." Clatterstar has a +6 Listen skill, and the DM sets the difficulty at 16. I roll a 10, for a total of 16...barely a success. Consulting the table, I find that I succeeding by less than 5, for a results of 'Yes, but.'  Therefore, it is as I suspected, the daimyo indeeds orders his minions. The DM, however, narrates, "BUT a whispery voice hisses 'My liege, someone is behind that door! There are intruders in the castle!'"What do you think of this method of role-playing?</blockquote>

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