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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matthias" data-source="post: 6054323" data-attributes="member: 3625">All I am saying is that any rule that involves a die roll is simply a useful abstraction of a more complicated process or event which has multiple possible outcomes.Hitting something with a swordDisabling a trapSurviving the effects of dehydrationConstructing a working siege engineDetermining the market value of a gemFiguring out if someone is being deceptiveTeaching an animal a new trickIn the real world, these are all complicated tasks involving physical and mental processes (ultimately able to be boiled down to chemical reactions and other more fundamental interactions) which we simplify with some rules to determine the odds of success based on a die roll.Non-die roll based mechanics such as alignment ought to be measurable in their effect.</blockquote>