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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Belphanior" data-source="post: 996549" data-attributes="member: 12401">You don't have to describe it either way. You're just allowed the option of describing, thereby earning you an extra die or two (and Exalted routinely has 20+ dice for a single action, so it's not as if we're talking about huge changes).I don't see how a conversation-dominator could be more often rewarded. If his description is good, he gets a die. But then it's the other guy's turn and the dominator has to shut up because it's not his turn anymore. Equal chances for everybody.I also should mention that Exalted is a game about epic fantasy with a big dose of anime. This is not combat in the style of LotR, where archers wait for the orcs to close in to a few dozen feet. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />  This combat is in the style of the Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.This is exactly the way Exalted handles it. You say you have done it in the past. What is the problem then? Exalted is about cinematic combat, and over-the-top descriptions make it more fun. Those were your criteria as well.Mind you, only Wushu determines that outcome of an action before rolling. Exalted does not.But Wushu is scene resolution, and the outcome of 1 action matters less.So you kill a ninja. That matters nothing if your roll says it didn't reduce the overall threat level.But D&D does not even attempt to make people open up. Is there any advantage to describing your attacks? Using core rules no, though you said that you've allowed it from time to time.Exalted offers a good carrot though. It's not a stick - those two dice don't mean all that much on your fistful of dice, so you'll still kick a whole world of ass without stunting.Uh.. I dare you to define "true role-playing" in a manner everybody will agree upon.I will concede that saying how you attack somebody is not all that heavy on roleplaying, but it does allow you to keep in character a bit more even if you're just rolling dice.But things will not take care of themselves.I play in a D&D campaign on friday. One character has gone politician because he feels he is best suited to rule the republic. My own character was married to another PC and had a child. By my own definition, I say this campaign has a fair amount of roleplaying involved. But in combat, when I've had a few beers and it's 4 in the morning? I just can't be bothered to describe my attacks again after having done so for a few dozen times that evening. My DM doesn't give me a bonus or even 1xp more, and I'm tired anyway.But in Exalted every single roll gets stunted upon. Not just combat, but also conversation get extra dice from this. Climbing. Jumping. Stealth. Persuits. Spells. As long as it uses dice, it can be stunted upon.There's a small carrot to encourage it, and I can really notice how people describe things better. I can just visualize the whole world a lot clearer thanks to that.</blockquote>

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