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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 9347437" data-attributes="member: 6777737">That definitely feels like 3e era advice. However, I'm come to find that die rolls slow the game or distract from the play I want to focus on. Yeah, rolling a die is faster than stopping the game to look up a rule. But rolling a die is still kinda slow.Today, I think I prefer this advice from Shadowdark:I read the last one as generally requiring all three. Especially with Shadowdark, the game is already lethal enough that you don't need to introduce more opportunities for the PCs to fail randomly.I'm reminded of something Matt Colville says in his video on when to roll: "Not every advantage needs to be earned through die rolling. Having a good idea is enough."Not everyone agrees, but I don't think TTRPGs are dice-rolling games. I think TTRPGs use dice when there is no better alternative. You're not playing the game more purely or more virtuously simply because you've got polyhedrons involved. The dice provide equitable uncertainty; the game is not about maximizing equitable uncertainty.Dice are not the first alternative. They're the last alternative.</blockquote>