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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 9508308" data-attributes="member: 467">For my part, I don't just like randomness in play, but as a GM I need it. I feel like it is way too easy to lean on old tropes and well used ideas, and random stuff -from swingy combat to random encounters to totally random dungeon generation a la Shadowdark -- brings out the most creativity in me. I also agree with putting player agency in the same category. i don't know if it is definitionally &quot;random&quot; but it serves the same purposes in that is forces me to roll with unexpected results.I do not worry too much about critical hits creating problems, though. Nor am I concerned about bad dice rolls killing pacing -- you just don't have failures cause stoppage. Do something else with that failure (and only ask for a roll if you mean it in the first place).One place where I am ambivalent about randomness is character generation. if the players prefer something more certain like point buy or array or whatever, i am fine with that. When I play, I like to roll stats (and other elements, sometimes) just so the dice can inform me a little about who my character might be.Weirdly, I am not a huge fan of expansive critical hit and flaw charts. I don't think they add much to the game and do in fact slow it down, generally speaking. that is for D&amp;D-likes where hit points are the main thing, though. if I am playing a game with more narrative damage effects, random wound charts might be of some use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 9508308, member: 467"] For my part, I don't just like randomness in play, but as a GM I need it. I feel like it is way too easy to lean on old tropes and well used ideas, and random stuff -from swingy combat to random encounters to totally random dungeon generation a la Shadowdark -- brings out the most creativity in me. I also agree with putting player agency in the same category. i don't know if it is definitionally "random" but it serves the same purposes in that is forces me to roll with unexpected results. I do not worry too much about critical hits creating problems, though. Nor am I concerned about bad dice rolls killing pacing -- you just don't have failures cause stoppage. Do something else with that failure (and only ask for a roll if you mean it in the first place). One place where I am ambivalent about randomness is character generation. if the players prefer something more certain like point buy or array or whatever, i am fine with that. When I play, I like to roll stats (and other elements, sometimes) just so the dice can inform me a little about who my character might be. Weirdly, I am not a huge fan of expansive critical hit and flaw charts. I don't think they add much to the game and do in fact slow it down, generally speaking. that is for D&D-likes where hit points are the main thing, though. if I am playing a game with more narrative damage effects, random wound charts might be of some use. [/QUOTE]

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