On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Pavitra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 14 September 2008 01:26:29 am Ian Kelly wrote: >> I don't like the idea of a diceless system, since it would make the >> result of combat calculable beforehand. > > Not necessarily as much as it sounds like. For example, your effectiveness in > a given combat could be determined by how much of a limited resource > you choose to invest in said combat, the choice being made before the > identity of the monster is determined.
The determination of the identity of the monster requiring, of course, dice.