Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9699851" data-attributes="member: 23751"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/3oEjHAUOqG3lSS0f1C/200.gif" alt="Cracking Up Lol GIF" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />When they unlocked the lock.  Not when they open the door and the cook is standing there.  And you still haven't explained why a skilled thief trying to be quiet becomes a Keystone Cop and makes a ton of noise on a failure to open the lock.  You've claimed it makes sense, but I'm not seeing it.100% false.  The character's lives have never been boring in my games.  And yet I'm a neutral arbiter.  There's never a conflict, because their lives aren't boring no matter what comes up in the game.Again, not mutually exclusive things.  The character's lives aren't boring in my game.  Ever.  At least if the principle is, "make the characters' lives not boring."  Now if the principle is really, "Have the result of a roll be interesting to the player(s)," that might be in conflict sometimes.  But you keep saying that's not the principle.</blockquote>