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Should players be aware of their own high and low rolls?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 8830252" data-attributes="member: 7026617"><p>Must we? Its going to go down a pretty large rabbit-hole not directly related to this thread, and turns heavily on whether one thinks mechanics should apply to some of these areas <em>at all</em>. Its not something I'm sure I have the energy for at the moment anyway (because I've been down this road before and know at least some of how it goes, and I can pretty much guarantee it won't just be you and I involved by the time its done) but its one I have pretty strong feelings about and thus will probably turn into an exercise in repetition pretty quickly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was using "asymmetry" to specifically talk about it being mechanically engaged in one direction (PC to NPC) and not in the other. Since I consider it inadequate to handle on purely narrative grounds for other reasons, any symmetry there I, frankly, don't much care about (though I've already expressed my opinion in general about GMs deciding what the "appropriate" way for PCs to react is--its hazardous even when used occasionally and unacceptable if done regularly).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Shey, post: 8830252, member: 7026617"] Must we? Its going to go down a pretty large rabbit-hole not directly related to this thread, and turns heavily on whether one thinks mechanics should apply to some of these areas [I]at all[/I]. Its not something I'm sure I have the energy for at the moment anyway (because I've been down this road before and know at least some of how it goes, and I can pretty much guarantee it won't just be you and I involved by the time its done) but its one I have pretty strong feelings about and thus will probably turn into an exercise in repetition pretty quickly. I was using "asymmetry" to specifically talk about it being mechanically engaged in one direction (PC to NPC) and not in the other. Since I consider it inadequate to handle on purely narrative grounds for other reasons, any symmetry there I, frankly, don't much care about (though I've already expressed my opinion in general about GMs deciding what the "appropriate" way for PCs to react is--its hazardous even when used occasionally and unacceptable if done regularly). [/QUOTE]
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