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With Respect to the Door and Expectations....The REAL Reason 5e Can't Unite the Base
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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5978877" data-attributes="member: 3887"><p>It's not <em>arbitrary</em>. The failed check led to the gorge being described. </p><p></p><p>The gorge is how the die roll was explained in the game fiction. This translation process is core to RPG play.</p><p></p><p>This "quantum state" thing is still, after all this years, silly. Every and all game settings --unless the entirety of the campaign area is a 10' X 10' room with one orc and one pie-- can be said to exist in a "quantum state" because they are mostly <em>undefined</em>. It doesn't matter how much of a map/fake-encyclopedia fetishist you are, most of your world is blank paper/empty screen. RPG campaigns take place in settings marked by an extreme paucity of detail -- we just pretend/agree not to notice.</p><p></p><p>Noticing is kinda bad form. Usually. </p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a lot of overthink, no?</p><p></p><p>Deciding by fiat the attempt failed would be robbing the PC of agency. Describing their failure --because of the players bad roll-- via the gorge is not.</p><p></p><p>edit: well, since someone XP'd me for it, I might as well put this back in...</p><p></p><p>You seem to be using a definition of "agency" which implies the DM mapped every centimeter of their campaign world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5978877, member: 3887"] It's not [i]arbitrary[/i]. The failed check led to the gorge being described. The gorge is how the die roll was explained in the game fiction. This translation process is core to RPG play. This "quantum state" thing is still, after all this years, silly. Every and all game settings --unless the entirety of the campaign area is a 10' X 10' room with one orc and one pie-- can be said to exist in a "quantum state" because they are mostly [i]undefined[/i]. It doesn't matter how much of a map/fake-encyclopedia fetishist you are, most of your world is blank paper/empty screen. RPG campaigns take place in settings marked by an extreme paucity of detail -- we just pretend/agree not to notice. Noticing is kinda bad form. Usually. This is a lot of overthink, no? Deciding by fiat the attempt failed would be robbing the PC of agency. Describing their failure --because of the players bad roll-- via the gorge is not. edit: well, since someone XP'd me for it, I might as well put this back in... You seem to be using a definition of "agency" which implies the DM mapped every centimeter of their campaign world. [/QUOTE]
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