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I wouldn't use it at all. Either the cook is there or they aren't, it has nothing to do with the lockpick attempt. Obviously if the...

If the cook is observing the lock picking attempt does she only scream because the idiot should have been easily able to pick the lock...

The post you were quoting does not set down a standard of no player (not PC) control over the world. It explains one way why that kind...

I'm saying that 1) those games are wrong if they attempt to appropriate a term for their exclusive use, and 2) other people are wrong...

And as I addressed, it's a very bad term. The characters' lives won't be boring whether you do that or not. Why not use a term that's...

The issue seemed to be my use of the word "unconnected". I acknowledge that there can be a chain of events of A causing B contributing...

That's just it - the cook should not be in any way related to the lock picking! Two unrelated binary options giving four possible...

I've answered my logic on this likely dozens of times now. I think the only relation is the GM using fail forward.

Game play is a huuuuuuge indicator. Backstory is a huuuuuuuuuge indicator. What the player has told the group about his character is...

The PC/player distinction I brought up earlier. If the player is clearly different than the PC because the player is exercising control...

It's personal perspective. If I'm helping create the world it takes me out of immersing myself in my character's personality. I don't...

LOL. The last time I just checked and the last time I used the term unconnected was nearly a month ago. So who is continuing to bang...

This doesn't address the sweeping assertion @TwoSix made. It simply reframes the issue from the perspective of an outside observer. But...

In a group game, a power imbalance can cause issues. In my experience the type of player that wants to have some advantage like that...

Your posts can come across as "this is the way" whether you intend it or not. You include things like "...true of some folks’ processes...