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Doe posted...

What percentage of people actually come into these threads and read the Kotaku article versus just get angry about what they imagine it could say?

Like it's a pretty simple complaint they have-- 5e ability checks are designed around flexibility that a video game just cannot provide. Failing checks also lacks the flexibility of DM interpretation so usually either nothing happens or you get engaged in combat. Contrast with Disco Elysium, another dice roll game where fails are as fun as successes (my example, not Kotaku's). They didn't say our favorite game SUX they offered a reasonable take about 5e's systems outside the tabletop setting.

Yeah Kotaku has had a lot of shit articles lately but I don't see an issue with this one. He writes specifically about the mechanic and why he doesn't jive with it.