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<blockquote data-quote="Pedantic" data-source="post: 9239094" data-attributes="member: 6690965">This assumes the comparison point is the GM determining the impact of each player action declaration on the spot. I don't really see much difference between determining an outcome, and going around the table to call for a variety of different checks and then tabulating the successes, or simply calling for one. Except the number of rolls and attached descriptions involved, the fundamental structure is the same, the GM is still making a judgement call about the absolute value of each action declaration. The real disagreement is about how involved resolution should be. I suspect that generally, SCs devalue each action declaration relative to a GM making judgement calls in the moment, with notably exceptions where a GM will devalue some specific actions even more.What it is fundamentally different from is a system with specified actions. If the list of available actions is known ahead of time and doesn't fluctuate in relationship to any particular goal, then their resolution can vary in a way that is impossible in a SC context. More or less action declarations might be necessary to reach the desired goal, depending on player action declaration and&nbsp; (if relevant) fortune in resolution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pedantic, post: 9239094, member: 6690965"] This assumes the comparison point is the GM determining the impact of each player action declaration on the spot. I don't really see much difference between determining an outcome, and going around the table to call for a variety of different checks and then tabulating the successes, or simply calling for one. Except the number of rolls and attached descriptions involved, the fundamental structure is the same, the GM is still making a judgement call about the absolute value of each action declaration. The real disagreement is about how involved resolution should be. I suspect that generally, SCs devalue each action declaration relative to a GM making judgement calls in the moment, with notably exceptions where a GM will devalue some specific actions even more. What it is fundamentally different from is a system with specified actions. If the list of available actions is known ahead of time and doesn't fluctuate in relationship to any particular goal, then their resolution can vary in a way that is impossible in a SC context. More or less action declarations might be necessary to reach the desired goal, depending on player action declaration and (if relevant) fortune in resolution. [/QUOTE]

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