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I thought I did answer. I want to inhabit my character, experience the world as my character would. I don't want to switch lanes into a...

I hit people redefining old terminology in software development all the time as well. The theories sound new and shiny but when you...

This is how I would be laying it out if mentoring a player in trad D&D Make each main character’s life not boring. Set an unobtainable...

The main issue I hit when I was looking for examples is that there's so little agreement on what it even means. There's some scenarios...

The exact wording from Failing Forward – RPG Concepts Failing forward is the idea that you still get to unlock the door on a failed...

That is the thing. The blog post failed to specify this. Hence someone pointed out that the scenario where the people at the table knew...

I don't assume a failed check makes more noise and see no in-world reason to assume that. It should make less noise if it's the...

We understand the mechanic. It's a nonsense phrase when applied to RPGs, since characters in RPGs already don't have boring lives...

I don't see how you can make the game not boring and the character's lives boring. To put it another way, if the players are engaged...

The clear implication is that other games (e.g. D&D) where the GM doesn't take an active roll to ensure the players aren't bored are in...

If it made sense to them that PCs who already didn't have boring lives needed that phrase and technique in order to not have boring...

Sure, but to be fair, he's said more than once that when he says that he's talking about directly connected/related. If I decide I want...

You're showing an alternative you like. I'm perfectly fine with that. I do not like the process as described and have explained why I...

It's ok if you don't have this experience. Some of us do. Some of us don't. That scenario doesn't go particularly far. But I would...

Can you accept that other people have a different experiences, preferences and point of view than you do? Maybe you feel more connected...