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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 4169647" data-attributes="member: 537">First, the issue is not just "how many outcomes are there" but "how interesting the process is of reaching that outcome". 3 checks is indeed more interesting than 1 check, all other things being equal, by any measure of interestingness I can imagine. Postcount even.Second, just because there is no rigorous, formally defined algorithm linking process to outcome (ideally in 2-column 9-point serif text) does not mean there is no relationship between the two. It would take some kind of anti-DM to say that, because you succeeded at 3 checks but failed 2, both times by a margin of 1, that means the king cuts off your heads. I find it far more likely that any sane DM would say that if you only failed the challenge marginally, then your outcome in the game world should be less severe than if you failed the rolls disastrously.</blockquote>