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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AeroDm" data-source="post: 5560596" data-attributes="member: 13650">This is a cool issue and I don't mean for this response to sound dismissive, so please read it as though I'm trying to paint similar arguments from a new angle.Video games have a tremendous leg up on table-top RPGs in being able to instantly compute tons of variables to allow for incredible system depth and balance (to say nothing of visuals). They stumble, though, in being able to facilitate free-form or creative play outside what they predicted. That is where table-top games excel.It feels to me that when people get hung up on stuff like fictional positioning or "can a snake be knocked prone" they are shooting for the worst of both worlds. For a system to consistently resolve those questions, it would have to be as limited an environment as a video game but, instead of dealing in decimals, still be constrained by variables from 1-20 and limited to intergers. Don't get me wrong, I too want an elegant system that rapidly resolves issues and I think discussing limitations is the best way to spur ideas that lead to such a system. It often, though, feels like a core part of the desire for consistent resolution is a lack of trust in the DM. Yet we still let the DM build encounters, decide what skills are useful in a skill challenge, or decide the emotional response of NPCs. There are tons of opportunities for a bad DM to be bad, but it often feels like we are diminishing opportunities for good DMs to be good.</blockquote>

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