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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KDLadage" data-source="post: 996452" data-attributes="member: 88">I am sure that it does. We all have different experiences.Why? Are you saying that there has to be an in-game advantage to describing your attack one way or another before doing it is rewarded by the game? I see it as encouraging those that would normally dominate the conversation at a game table to do so more often and get rewarded for it, beyond the normal social rewards involved.And they can without the dice involved. Or, in any system (say, d20) a GM would be more than within his or her rights to add a +2 to the roll (or what-ever) for a well thought out and described attack. Lord knows I have given such bonuses before (if they caused the game to become more enjoyable; if they were a distraction or became too much of a hassle, they went away).But you are mandating the action and result before the result has become apparent. This can (and in fact, I would dare say "will") be very easilly abused as a core mechanic.And I say that it is equally effective/problematic no matter the system. To make it a core rule though makes it a mandate to many -- and this is (imho) a bad thing. (1)Sure.This is a problem with the players not opening up, not the system. Imho. Ymmv. Yadda yadda yadda.(1) Which, again, by my estimation, has very little to do with actual role-playing. If your game involves a lot of true role-playing elements, then this sort of thing will take care of itself. If you game is, for the most part, nothing more than a hack-and-slash, strategic, table-top wargame... then no amount of additional description will transform it into a role playing experience. Imho. Ymmv. Yadda yadda yadda.</blockquote>

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