>LC: a running tally of pass-fail presented visually
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>- this is what Robin has hand-drawn in the rules I have
You could do it with an excel sheet, an abacus, a pile of jelly beans. Really, it hardly matters.
>- I think the pass/fail cycle should never be shown to players. It
>would be more than distracting it would be a suspension of disbelief
shatterer.
Interesting you should say that. It implies you understand Tim's complaints better than you are saying. In some way, all that he is arguing is that if you KNOW there is a pass-fail system, and no neutral scale, it is a suspension of disbelief shatterer. Hiding it behind the GM's screen doesn't prevent him from knowing it is there, so it remains a problem.
While distracting, I don't think having it up front should shatter the suspension of disbelief since presumably your players have signed on for a game that uses this system anyway. Or do you believe players should not know how the system works?
>(ducks in anticipation of flak)
*threw it above*
LC
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