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<blockquote data-quote="Bawylie" data-source="post: 7534974" data-attributes="member: 6776133">I think there’s something to the act of rolling dice that serves as a sort of ceremonial observance. As though maybe an action is more “official” or legit if a die is also cast. After all, the most consequential actions, the most dramatic circumstances, all involve dice. It’s only natural to reach for the dice when something is important to us. Some games even push the drama such that EVERY action must be important and therefore necessitate dice. I agree - it’s not distrust or disrespect. It’s more like ‘ratification’ maybe. But the trap you can fall into is inadvertently substituting the ceremonial ritual for the drama it is intended to resolve. Which, IMO, is why you sometimes see play devolve into “I roll perception,” “I diplomacy the guard,” “Can I roll Arcana here?” And of course none of these things are actions that an adventurer might be carrying out - they’re game mechanics. I kind of want to try a 5E game without any dice at all. I wonder if I can keep the drama and uncertainty or if it just turns into a math problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bawylie, post: 7534974, member: 6776133"] I think there’s something to the act of rolling dice that serves as a sort of ceremonial observance. As though maybe an action is more “official” or legit if a die is also cast. After all, the most consequential actions, the most dramatic circumstances, all involve dice. It’s only natural to reach for the dice when something is important to us. Some games even push the drama such that EVERY action must be important and therefore necessitate dice. I agree - it’s not distrust or disrespect. It’s more like ‘ratification’ maybe. But the trap you can fall into is inadvertently substituting the ceremonial ritual for the drama it is intended to resolve. Which, IMO, is why you sometimes see play devolve into “I roll perception,” “I diplomacy the guard,” “Can I roll Arcana here?” And of course none of these things are actions that an adventurer might be carrying out - they’re game mechanics. I kind of want to try a 5E game without any dice at all. I wonder if I can keep the drama and uncertainty or if it just turns into a math problem. [/QUOTE]

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