This could actually work against you but I like that honestly. It tells the story of a runner who has strengths and weaknesses.

Obviously you would ensure that it's a generally positive result but the idea that you might find yourself reacting in a natural war that actually puts you in hand war is very interesting to me. It's a particular vibe but very interesting.

It also doesn't preclude you anticipating a situation in which your instincts might yeah you and planning for it. If you know you'll likely strike out of attacked you might throw your hands up ahead of time so as not to get into that situation.

Interestingly the whole point of a trap is that it's not easy to detect until it's too late. So that's important to replicate. Still we're not talking 21 Centuary Tech so it won't be perfect.

I think there's room for comprimise here. I rogue would know traps. Maybe the roll couldt ell them what kidn of thing was possible in this dungeon. They would then have to use their nouse. Otherwise the player knowledge of theworld would have to be very great to know what to look for.

This is a very interesting point. However I don't currently have abilities like this. Still the creatures might and so might the tools so that will inform how tge player interacts with the game and enable me to be less combat-focused.

This is what I'm talking about in the above comment. Except, of course, this is in reverse. It highlights how the so called negative effects can be thematically appropriate.

I think a little bit of shrinking of scope is appropriate. But I suppose you could say that if you do it right, it's only really shrinking in the sense that. You are effecting the theme of the game effectively.

Iwould argue that the issue here is that the term 'realism' is more like 'internal consistwncy' or 'verisimilitude'. When we have an event that happens and breaks verisimilitude it breaks us out of the game. Whereas accepting the initial premise of warp drive means that a ship warping into space next tk you isn't braking the expectation. Whereas dissassociated mechanics are breaking those expectations because there's no reason why the character ahould only make a one handed catch per game.

I like the idea of discovering something random that gives you a boon.

On the other hand I also like the idea of a caravan saving you energy but making an encounter more likely. I suppose the most logical would be that the scale shifts and your're unlikely to ckme accross a smaller encounter bht quite likely to come accross a larger oneI wouldn't want to up the likelihood too much more the result if you do get an encounter.

This is an excellent method for any kind of challenge. Not just a boss fight.

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One weakness is trying to fit everything into specific boxes. I woukd argue this isn't persuasion.