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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7388786" data-attributes="member: 42582">This is such a narrow conception of what a RPG might be about that it is hard to credit.How important are equipment lists, or tallies of gold pieces, in Star Wars? The Seven Samurai? A Wizard of Earthsea? Gear is a narrative device; in a RPG it can be managed by any number of mechanics and/or narrative techniques.No. Do you really not get it? You can have a single roll to see if the attack succeeds, which incorporates everything - does the shooter have ammunition? does the target duck? does the shot penetrate armour? etc.It's doubly bizarre that you run the line you are running as a D&amp;D player, because D&amp;D has never separated out the question of ducking from the question of armour penetration (contrast, say, RuneQuest or Burning Wheel). Just as those processes can be distinguished in resolution mechanics, but don't have to be, so likewise the availability of ammunition does not have to be broken out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7388786, member: 42582"] This is such a narrow conception of what a RPG might be about that it is hard to credit. How important are equipment lists, or tallies of gold pieces, in Star Wars? The Seven Samurai? A Wizard of Earthsea? Gear is a narrative device; in a RPG it can be managed by any number of mechanics and/or narrative techniques. No. Do you really not get it? You can have a single roll to see if the attack succeeds, which incorporates everything - does the shooter have ammunition? does the target duck? does the shot penetrate armour? etc. It's doubly bizarre that you run the line you are running [I]as a D&D player[/I], because D&D has never separated out the question of [I]ducking[/I] from the question of [I]armour penetration[/I] (contrast, say, RuneQuest or Burning Wheel). Just as those processes [I]can [/I]be distinguished in resolution mechanics, but don't have to be, so likewise the availability of ammunition does not have to be broken out. [/QUOTE]

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