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I want to play a game where the rules of the game are there to implement a fictional world not to dictate how it works. If a...

I think the pushback on roll-under has multiple factors. We generally think that higher numbers are better. Obviously they aren't if...

A GM can never provide every single detail. I provide enough details so that the players can understand and make informed decisions...

Wasn't the whole issue that PbtA doesn't have "you just fail" as an option?

you don't see how 'on a success you navigated the weak sections of the wall and reached the top, on a failure you didn't and fell' is...

For me some games are going to be better. It's personal opinion and preference. For a more technical definition that I agree with see...

no, you misunderstand, i said i would never change the state of the fiction in response to a check, if the wall is solid it's solid, if...

The adding of colour doesn't change what happens next in the fiction. The adding of the cook very much does, as her screams waken the...

At a basic level, I agree with this. However... ....if getting what the characters want involves a lot of meta-play - e.g. acquiring...

As I just stated above, the crumbling rock is there on success or failure. If it's a particularly high DC I may narrate the crumbling...

In my games if the player takes time to examine the cliff and can see enough detail I'll give them a check which would lower the target...

And if the players don't ask for more detail then should someone try to climb that cliff and fail the DM is free to narrate whatever she...

Not sure about this. You could have a pretty simulative game come out of designing a setting then turning the players loose for...

Yes, the player described an action. But they also expressed a hope. In this game this expression of hope turned out to be more potent...

Different strokes for different folks. I was discussing why I considered the game I play simulationist, for the long version of what...