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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6844253" data-attributes="member: 6685730">WotC can't do this, because they have bills to pay and kids to feed.&nbsp; Or to put a finer point on it: they have investors to impress.I actually did the exact same thing, but I'm not selling a $10 book.&nbsp; Yet.3e came out 15 years ago.&nbsp; It was almost the same book.&nbsp; Almost.I wanted a game with a bell curve.&nbsp; There are two major hurdles to that:1) Addition takes time.&nbsp; Adding up the dice rolled for bell-curve resolution takes significantly longer than rolling a single die.&nbsp; It's not a bad thing, but if you're talking about the basic conflict resolution rule, you have a cascading effect that significantly changes your game.2) Bonuses need to curve too.&nbsp; You can't add +1 to a bell curve roll and call it a simple outcome improvement, because the next +1 is a -more- significant improvement, and the next +1 is a -crazy improvement-.&nbsp; Pardon my use of Millenial adjectives.This is the holy grail, if you ask me.&nbsp; You simply don't have a good game if you don't have a good GM.&nbsp; Cypher's on it: free the GM from rolling, to focus on storytelling.&nbsp; An RPG that doesn't have a &quot;player's handbook,&quot; just a GM guide with maybe a page or two for players - THAT'S the next evolution in gaming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 6844253, member: 6685730"] WotC can't do this, because they have bills to pay and kids to feed. Or to put a finer point on it: they have investors to impress. I actually did the exact same thing, but I'm not selling a $10 book. Yet. 3e came out 15 years ago. It was almost the same book. Almost. I wanted a game with a bell curve. There are two major hurdles to that: 1) Addition takes time. Adding up the dice rolled for bell-curve resolution takes significantly longer than rolling a single die. It's not a bad thing, but if you're talking about the basic conflict resolution rule, you have a cascading effect that significantly changes your game. 2) Bonuses need to curve too. You can't add +1 to a bell curve roll and call it a simple outcome improvement, because the next +1 is a -more- significant improvement, and the next +1 is a -crazy improvement-. Pardon my use of Millenial adjectives. This is the holy grail, if you ask me. You simply don't have a good game if you don't have a good GM. Cypher's on it: free the GM from rolling, to focus on storytelling. An RPG that doesn't have a "player's handbook," just a GM guide with maybe a page or two for players - THAT'S the next evolution in gaming. [/QUOTE]

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