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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9699533" data-attributes="member: 6915329">The problem is that rules like morale or Persuasion checks is that they make people play not in character. They have to run away because the dice say they do, not because it's in character for them to run away. They have to believe an NPC or accept someone's arguments because the dice say they do, not because the NPC is actually believable or made a good point. In other words, you stop playing your character and let the dice play them instead.In D&D, and many other games, most of the time (there are a few exceptions) when a character is forced to run away or believe an NPC, it's because there's magic involved. Or if not actually magic, then something that is pretty darn close: a dragon's roar may (or may not) be magical in nature, but it's a creature nearly as big as a football field that is angry at you in particular. Some games even specify that fear effects should be limited to supernatural events--both GURPS and SWADE make a note of that, for instance.</blockquote>