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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5634390" data-attributes="member: 957">From the archer's point of view the daily can certainly look like at-will.&nbsp; And the results of the daily will look like an at-will that went awesome.But from the people sitting at the table's point of view, the ones who are there to have fun, the daily is a daily.&nbsp; The difference in result is not the effect of fate on otherwise equivalent activities.&nbsp; The difference in result is the effect of the mechanically established pattern.&nbsp; Again, if you read a book long enough and some archer character achieves a certain nature of result consistently once per day that will stick out.&nbsp; Describing the actual process of firing an arrow in exactly the same manner for the regular shots and that daily awesome shot doesn't change anything.&nbsp; And, certainly, the character in the book would not perceive the difference.&nbsp; And a new reader also would not.&nbsp; But after a dozen times, maybe more, maybe less, the reader would learn.&nbsp; And on going back to re-read the book, it would stick out like a sore thumb from the first instance.&nbsp; Players already know.&nbsp; In a pure narrative an awesome event could happen four times in a row then not for three days of trying.&nbsp; Or it could happen once a day for three days straight.&nbsp; Or anything else.&nbsp; The results are not driven any mechanical force outside the narrative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5634390, member: 957"] From the archer's point of view the daily can certainly look like at-will. And the results of the daily will look like an at-will that went awesome. But from the people sitting at the table's point of view, the ones who are there to have fun, the daily is a daily. The difference in result is not the effect of fate on otherwise equivalent activities. The difference in result is the effect of the mechanically established pattern. Again, if you read a book long enough and some archer character achieves a certain nature of result consistently once per day that will stick out. Describing the actual process of firing an arrow in exactly the same manner for the regular shots and that daily awesome shot doesn't change anything. And, certainly, the character in the book would not perceive the difference. And a new reader also would not. But after a dozen times, maybe more, maybe less, the reader would learn. And on going back to re-read the book, it would stick out like a sore thumb from the first instance. Players already know. In a pure narrative an awesome event could happen four times in a row then not for three days of trying. Or it could happen once a day for three days straight. Or anything else. The results are not driven any mechanical force outside the narrative. [/QUOTE]

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