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Can the door not be opened any other way than by picking the lock? Forcefully-applied boots? Repeated use of an axe or hammer...

I don't care what my players spend time doing unless it's something like having their characters torture someone which I've said in...

Failing to pick a lock will never lead to a dead end in my game. The person they were chasing might get away, they may have to find an...

Fair enough. Although I will clarify that the players get to decide how or even if they're going to play with a toy. For that matter...

Which then sounds like it's the GM determining the path of my character's revenge story via the scenes she frames me into, rather than...

I don't see it really being all that different in some ways than most other games, including traditional ones. If we're playing D&D...

If I do a "you're all strangers" it would be some dangerous situation they get thrown into. A shipwreck, invading army, they've been...

I explicitly frame my campaign starts such that the characters generally already know each other and have been working together for a...

But it would give you the opportunity to yell out "Guys, this is all Greek to me!", which is generally not a chance afforded to someone...

I'm glad that worked for you, sounds like you both had fun. But for me? I explicitly tell people when they're thinking of joining the...

I was responding to I was attempting to discuss and point out different approaches to play. You state that you don't "need" things...

I understand what you're getting at, and it absolutely makes sense that handling the game that way gives you a feeling of...

Yes, I've occasionally had long shopping trips. I don't "allow" it in any sense because I don't intervene in what the players are doing...

I want to apologize as well. As much as I try to make sure my opinions are sufficiently labeled as such, sometimes an opinion is going...