As a GM i like it, takes some of the work out of me describing the results of every roll. Its a lazy GM's dream come true LOL. It might be nice so I can focus on the players de railing my plot instead of describing every test result.

Here's a screenshot:  www.enworld.org/forum/4903847-post2.html of the dice mechanic breakdown. 

There's something like 6 symbols to learn and a whole lot of interpretation isn't required.  I didn't need anyone to tell me hammers were going to be good and skulls bad.  It's going to be easy.

Thanks for posting the dice picture and the character sheet.

Prior to this, I kind of relied on the "level of success" and just general description of the player to describe their actions.  So, if Noble-Hans is flirting with the Floozy in the Last Drop Tavern and got a high level of success, then I'd describe accordingly.

Trouble is, some players are pretty damn lazy and non-roleplayer so they say stuff like "I'd like to make a gossip check with the floozy."   Uhhhh...uhhhhh...derrrrr...duhhhhh  Nice roleplaying ;)

In this case you still have that, but it gives the GM more to work with in description.

jh

Necronomicus said:

SOme people think that when players manage to get off a railroad plot, the GM doesn't have anything for them to do, but of course he does.

Getting them back on his railroad plot.

LOL!

Ah, the ease of GMing railroad plots...

I think there's something to be said for Both D&D style scenarios (railroad to the dungeon) and Savage Worlds (one sheet of ideas).  WFRP always fell somewhere in between nicely.  I personally LIKE easy-to-run-fun-to-play scenarios, but then again who doesn't?

jh

GM's railroad plots are destroyed by players more often then my eyes blink :P

By experience I can say it's better to have o simple idea of how things should go (if you're running an home-made adventure) or to know quite well where the pgs should get to go on (if you're running a published adventure) so to be able to react to players behavior without limiting them... not too much at least.