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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7633652" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>When it comes to challenges, My biggest thought is that people face challenging decisions all the time and it's due more to uncertainty that straight out randomness. </p><p></p><p>In the Excalibur example I presented it as a you for sure get this if you do this etc. There's rarely that kind of certainty, even in an RPG. There's always the risk that whatever path you choose, the result doesn't end up like you envisioned. </p><p></p><p>Could the knight lose his chastity only to then find out he can't acquire Excalibur because he is now not chaste?</p><p>Could the knight remain chaste only to fail his people by not acquiring the sword he needs to help them?</p><p>Could the knight refuse to lose his chastity and acquire the sword another way and succeed on all accounts?</p><p></p><p>Whether or not it was stated, those are the kinds of challenges said knight is facing. In any case this is a challenge, far more akin to the kind people face in real life than the kind some here insist are the only kinds of challenges worth talking about in RPG's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7633652, member: 6795602"] When it comes to challenges, My biggest thought is that people face challenging decisions all the time and it's due more to uncertainty that straight out randomness. In the Excalibur example I presented it as a you for sure get this if you do this etc. There's rarely that kind of certainty, even in an RPG. There's always the risk that whatever path you choose, the result doesn't end up like you envisioned. Could the knight lose his chastity only to then find out he can't acquire Excalibur because he is now not chaste? Could the knight remain chaste only to fail his people by not acquiring the sword he needs to help them? Could the knight refuse to lose his chastity and acquire the sword another way and succeed on all accounts? Whether or not it was stated, those are the kinds of challenges said knight is facing. In any case this is a challenge, far more akin to the kind people face in real life than the kind some here insist are the only kinds of challenges worth talking about in RPG's. [/QUOTE]
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