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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9104914" data-attributes="member: 42582">Generally when I think of a mechanic I think of a way of either generating an input into the action resolution system (eg PC build, NPC/creature build) or of the processes deployed for resolving declared actions (rolling dice, consulting tables, etc).In the context, say, of Burning Wheel I would say that rolling the dice to see if a test succeeds or fails is a mechanic. But the GM narrating what happens on a failed test is governed by rules but is not itself mechanically determined.</blockquote>