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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 3694175" data-attributes="member: 6777">Stacking the deck is a separate issue, not to mention one that potentially touches upon the GM leaving the ruleset behind, which doesn't speak to talking about lethality in the combat system.In D&D, I know that, assuming my DM is using the CR system, I can throw my PC into just about any encounter and know that they are not likely to die from a single hit. Ergo, I'm encouraged to play my PC heroically. In something like Unknown Armies, the situation is generally the opposite, ergo, approaching a situation guns blazing will likely end my PC's career really fast.And then there's the whole scope of RPGs where, assuming there even is a GM, it's simply not possible to stack the deck, nor is PC death even typically at stake.</blockquote>