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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 9856524" data-attributes="member: 7031982">Not disagreeing with any of that.But....we are playing a game, and in a game, imposing RNG...with consequences...on players who haven't made an informed decision to take on that risk is...well, not a very interesting game, imo.&nbsp; Just because the RNG depends on some number on their character sheet doesn't make the dice roll any more engaging than rolling to see if a stray meteor hits them, or they suddenly choke on a fish bone.And I don't buy &quot;well they chose to sail across the water&quot;, unless they were given another alternative, with different risks, such as the one I described above.&nbsp; (And if they were presented that option, then that makes &quot;Hey, I have Rank 5 in Piloting Watercraft!&nbsp; Let's take the boat!&quot; a lot of fun for that player.)The card game War is mindless and random (due to shuffling) and the fact that I choose to play the game...or at least that I'm unwilling to disappoint my 8 year old by saying no...doesn't make the RNG, and absence of strategy, any more interesting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill Zebub, post: 9856524, member: 7031982"] Not disagreeing with any of that. But....we are playing a [I]game[/I], and in a game, imposing RNG...with consequences...on players who haven't made an informed decision to take on that risk is...well, not a very interesting game, imo. Just because the RNG depends on some number on their character sheet doesn't make the dice roll any more engaging than rolling to see if a stray meteor hits them, or they suddenly choke on a fish bone. And I don't buy "well they [I]chose[/I] to sail across the water", unless they were given another alternative, with different risks, such as the one I described above. (And if they [I]were[/I] presented that option, then that makes "Hey, I have Rank 5 in Piloting Watercraft! Let's take the boat!" a lot of fun for that player.) The card game War is mindless and random (due to shuffling) and the fact that I choose to play the game...or at least that I'm unwilling to disappoint my 8 year old by saying no...doesn't make the RNG, and absence of strategy, any more interesting. [/QUOTE]

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