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That seems a bit odd to me. Like, an SC could be a 500 mile overland trek, or it could be haggling with a dragon. Like, granted larger...

Well, there's room for some dice. The GM could rule that the Discern Realities move was triggered. A Defy Danger could be rolled, say...

I can see that. From my perspective, I would say that for more narrative play, setting a character goal and and trying to achieve it...

Sorry, I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. First of all players are always free to interject, "hey we want to gather...

I'll go you one further. Once I started a Traveller game. I just told the players that their characters were on a small station. They...

Here's a piece of GM advice from In A Wicked Age (p 10): Playing with details Whenever you describe something - describe your character...

This reinforces my point above about 4e SCs.

Of course, the more you emphasise that the "H"s must be different, the more that cuts both ways. Situation A is quite different from...

I'll just point out that skill challenges were maligned often, but they're a huge boon here! They allow for a mix of more and less...

Let's approach it from a perspective of what is more realistically likely play. First, the intensity and salience of any given bit of...

No. An important figure frequently cited for his authoritative perspective on "traditional GM" play and whose name is often attached...

From the AD&D DMG, pp 9, 61: the reader should understand that ADBD is designed to be an amusing and diverting pastime, something which...

But this assumes that absolutely every "lowlight" moment always informs the next highlight moment, and further that nothing except those...

Oye! Exactly how many encounters would you manage in an evening? People said 4e combat was too slow!

Oh, come now. He's mostly just explicating what every successful game designer knows. If you want to know that sort of thing, why not...