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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 3144873" data-attributes="member: 7635">Hyberole is not yet a dead art...Ok, I'll go out on a limb and defend Mearls and some of D&amp;D's basic design ideas. Randomness is fun...* Determining success or failure of a particular action (skills, attacks, etc) and the degree of success involved (critical, saves)* Determining the variables of a particular action (damage rolls).* Determining probability of an encounter (random encounters), and their type, nature and monetary reward for overcoming.Randomness is rarely ever fun...* Determining character survival based solely on rolling well on one (and only one) die roll (save or die). * Determining character survival solely on how well others roll (vitality points)* Determining starting attributes, wealth, and life total (ability scores, starting gold, hp). * Determining important character creation information (race, class, gender, alignment)* Probability of surviving, let alone overcoming, a given situation.* When it turns a perfectly good time into a poor time.Or in other wordsRandomness is fun when there are other mitigating factors that can offset poor luck. This means things like resurrection and restoration magic, or action points, or lesser penalties than dying. If the Pcs feel that they can overcome a challenge by doing something more than just rolling exceptionally well, the game is fun. If not, its a grisly game of Russian roulette which the PCs will eventually lose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 3144873, member: 7635"] Hyberole is not yet a dead art... Ok, I'll go out on a limb and defend Mearls and some of D&D's basic design ideas. Randomness is fun... * Determining success or failure of a particular action (skills, attacks, etc) and the degree of success involved (critical, saves) * Determining the variables of a particular action (damage rolls). * Determining probability of an encounter (random encounters), and their type, nature and monetary reward for overcoming. Randomness is rarely ever fun... * Determining character survival based solely on rolling well on one (and only one) die roll (save or die). * Determining character survival solely on how well others roll (vitality points) * Determining starting attributes, wealth, and life total (ability scores, starting gold, hp). * Determining important character creation information (race, class, gender, alignment) * Probability of surviving, let alone overcoming, a given situation. * When it turns a perfectly good time into a poor time. Or in other words [B] Randomness is fun when there are other mitigating factors that can offset poor luck.[/B] This means things like resurrection and restoration magic, or action points, or lesser penalties than dying. If the Pcs feel that they can overcome a challenge by doing something more than just rolling exceptionally well, the game is fun. If not, its a grisly game of Russian roulette which the PCs will eventually lose. [/QUOTE]

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