Narrative Roleplaying Without Dice
If we’re going to challenge all assumptions about how roleplaying works, we have to look at the root of most rules: dice. This comes directly from wargaming and is the element that makes it a “game.” Rather than assuming things have fixed outcomes, randomness and probability are introduced under the guise of fairness. Failure, or anything other than the rationally expected outcome, is explained away after the fact, if it’s explained at all.
