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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1848574" data-attributes="member: 812">Jeez, that was lot more... enthusiastic than I expected. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I have no idea what you're trying to say here. But sure, sounds good. I mean, no, not at all. Or maybe. Yes. No. What he said. Forty-seven. Argentina. A small, vice-like object.Actually, it's not an argument at all. It's an observation, in the "Isn't life interesting sometimes" sort of way. Just pointing out that what I've been talking about isn't what everyone else has been talking about, so no wonder I'm disagreeing. Not saying that, um, well, whatever it is you think I'm saying, I guess.Honestly, all I meant was, "Hey, I've just figured out why so much of what people are saying in this thread seems so weird to me." I wasn't making any sort of argument at all.Sorry, I must have been unclear. A single resolution mechanic can be implemented in a variety of ways. To say that d20 is easy to wing because it has a single resolution mechanic is wrong. It's easy to wing because a single resolution mechanic is well-implemented.If we take the single mechanic as being "d20 + mods compared to DC" -- well, it would still be possible for Bull Rush, to continue with our example, to work in some fashion that employed that mechanic but made no logical sense. Bull Rush might say, for example, "When making a Bull Rush, first make an Intimidate check, but against the target's mother's level." That would still be using the same mechanic, but it would be poorly-implemented (putting it mildly) and we shouldn't expect anyone to be able to wing such a system and approximate rightness.But because Bull Rush says, "move into their space, draw AoO, opposed Str checks" (more or less) it's easy to wing it and come up with roughly the right ruling. In fact, that's what I just did, as I wrote that.I'm not saying that when winging d20 you'll ALWAYS get the PERFECT ruling that's identical to what's in the book. I'm not saying you'll always take into account every detail there is to account for. I'm just saying I've found that my off-the-cuff rulings tend to correlate pretty well with the actual ruling, which makes me ever-more confident in winging it, which leads to me not even open the books in many sessions nowadays. So far my players aren't complaining, but I admit it is possible they are harbouring deep-seated resentment about the feats they worked so hard to acquire not getting used often enough to please them. Perhaps someday they will explode in murderous rage.I'll take my chances.</blockquote>

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