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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Differing goals. For realism, you're right. Many systems forego a critical failure entirely because of that.

But fumbles are fun and dramatic. So while 1 out of 20 is excessive, having that danger lurking in every roll can be exciting. Of course you don't want to chop off limbs at every fumble, but chucking a weapon, breaking a bow string, insulting an official... They move the narrative forward in interesting ways.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think for me the issue is I would rather play Kingdom Death Monster if I want that goal. I am not sure rp based ttrpgs fill that niche well.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of KDM. But if your point is that there are better systems than DnD out there you'll find no argument from me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

More that KDM does the job for dealing with the idea of "stuff goes wrong". The games mechanics are built around it. Gear is important, characters are not. Which means stuff can go really bad very fast.

I think DnD does heroic fantasy really well.