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Sure, but if the ambient noise is loud enough to mask the sound of a group of orcs, surely it's significant enough to warrant narration...

Long ago, on a page far, far away I asked the question something along the lines of "What do these narrative games have to do with D&D...

I was under the impression that the line of discussion was about how to apply the fail-forward principle in D&D (while adhering to D&D's...

This is pretty wrong. If the DM failed to note than the grass on the plains the party entered was very tall when they initially...

okay but this is part of the core problem you're missing, yes, the dice roll to unlock the door is something that should be influenced...

I missed this earlier. As the person who came up with the high grass, I specifically mentioned it as being narrated prior to the...

You're hiking in the mountains in Alaska. There are wolves and grizzly bears in the area. What are the odds of you encountering one if...

Good thing you have all that tall grass for the strawman you're constructing. If a GM is adding tall grass after the ambush, I would...

I think the out here is that the GM is the ultimate autorithy on the Ob, and indeed the feasibility of the check. You likely can not...

Seems a reasonable enough action declaration in any game. The difference in a more traditional game being that it's the DM who...

So what you say is that this won't stop until trad players are accurately describing nar play, and nar players are accurately describing...

That's fine. I disagree, and I think there is a clear difference with bundling that roll into the player's roll--and your language, 'let...

No. That's wrong. The hex had whatever was there the entire time. The DM just doesn't have the time or energy to detail out the...

No. For just about every roll someone in the group will have a high stat + proficiency(often expertise) which gives them greater than...

How was the dirt they were walking on established? Who planted the grass? What kind of tree is it over there? Did the air being...