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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 9248331" data-attributes="member: 6670763">1. Roleplaying Games are about players trying to make the best choices they can in a given situation and then having to deal with whatever the consequences if their actions turn out to be. RPGs are not a tool to let the GM present an already completed story. Any RPG that aims for that fails the most basic requirement for being an RPG.2. Players should as much as possible approach any challenge by thinking what a person in that situation might plausibly do. Players should never be put into a situation where the solution to a challenge becomes a math problem that can be calculated.3. Therefore, a game should not have points that are generated for doing certain things, which then later can be used to increase the chances of a die roll.4. To be an actual game and not just a freeform activity (which I guess is fine for people who want that), an RPG needs structures and procedures. You need to have some kind of gameplay loop, and the ability for players to work towards making progress towards the goal of the game.5. Temporary, situational modifiers to dice rolls are bad. You just keep forgetting to apply them half the time. If something provides a modifier to dice rolls, it should be permanent so that you can include it in whatever ability modifier is written on the character sheet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yora, post: 9248331, member: 6670763"] 1. Roleplaying Games are about players trying to make the best choices they can in a given situation and then having to deal with whatever the consequences if their actions turn out to be. RPGs are not a tool to let the GM present an already completed story. Any RPG that aims for that fails the most basic requirement for being an RPG. 2. Players should as much as possible approach any challenge by thinking what a person in that situation might plausibly do. Players should never be put into a situation where the solution to a challenge becomes a math problem that can be calculated. 3. Therefore, a game should not have points that are generated for doing certain things, which then later can be used to increase the chances of a die roll. 4. To be an actual game and not just a freeform activity (which I guess is fine for people who want that), an RPG needs structures and procedures. You need to have some kind of gameplay loop, and the ability for players to work towards making progress towards the goal of the game. 5. Temporary, situational modifiers to dice rolls are bad. You just keep forgetting to apply them half the time. If something provides a modifier to dice rolls, it should be permanent so that you can include it in whatever ability modifier is written on the character sheet. [/QUOTE]

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