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AFAIK the psychic maelstrom ONLY effects things through the interpretation of the characters, as described by the players. While it...

Wow you've hit my approach dead on...I don't care if others are offended and I don't care if they write something offensive. Especially...

This is a good question, reminds me of the discussion around solving a mystery. I'm not @pemerton but he has often mentioned intent...

This seems wrong to me. The PC, like any other character in fiction, "exists" for anyone who reads, views, listens to, imagines, etc...

I disagree. Had the player declared that the PC do some different thing, then this roll would not have happened. It's entirely diegetic...

Bingo!

And the reply was that this is true for all RPGing - there are elements of the shared fiction, and events in the shared fiction, that...

I think you're missing the broader context. The reason the terms get litigated endlessly is because illusionism and railroading are all...

It certainly seems inevitable that this is nearly always the case. I mean, why else would you DR? The alternative would be to imagine...

I think 'quantum' is a usage that has commonly been used to refer to practices most people here don't approve of. In that sense it could...

Well, lets put it this way. If one claims to be offended and demands that others change their behavior, one must be willing to do the...

The point being made had nothing to do with "GM" and "MC" being (or not being) synonymous. The point was that you can't create a...

The boardgames (eg HeroQuest) are not RPGs. But RPGs have had pawn stance since their inception. I don't know how @Hussar sees the...

That's like saying I take on the role of the shoe in Monopoly. In very gamist play, being a fighter or a cleric or whatever, doesn't...