Excitement comes from the suspense of knowing you might die if you fail a roll.
Oh, I agree entirely. Unpreventable doom has no dramatic value. However, the thing with the suspense of knowing a character might die because of a bad roll is, sooner or later—just according to the law of averages—you've got to follow through on that threat, or else it becomes hollow.
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Date: 2008-02-12 12:17 am (UTC)Oh, I agree entirely. Unpreventable doom has no dramatic value. However, the thing with the suspense of knowing a character might die because of a bad roll is, sooner or later—just according to the law of averages—you've got to follow through on that threat, or else it becomes hollow.