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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zakael19" data-source="post: 9610012" data-attributes="member: 7044099">I think a couple things are different in that core loop in many "GM doesnt roll" games I've experienced: a) you tend to resolve things at a different scope with a single roll, so the narrative feels like it's moving more places/resolving a higher amount of conflict at once.b) not all, but many (most?) games where the GM doesnt roll don't have a separate turn-based combat subsystem. That often breaks your flow above pretty significantly. (note that combat in, say, DW often takes just as long as a standard 5e combat - but boy does it feel different to me to actually play) c) most of the time you're interpreting a result against a static set of outcomes, not comparing vs a generated or chosen DC; and the player usually has a smaller decision set (eg: if a player makes a move in a PBTA - they're adding + stat and you're adjudicating the outcome space). So while a game that has things like "ok make an athletics roll to climb the wall" and a game that has things like "ok yeah roll your Prowl like you said to see if this works out" may sound and roll very similar in the moment, the rest of the game around the latter feels like it's going different places because you never break out of that fairly simple resolution.</blockquote>