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The hike to Baldy would surely have broken me. No way I could make it, altitude sickness prevents anyone less than a 10 day hike from...

In my game I don't cap damage from falling for sim reasons. In addition, I have no issue with the idea that some people can take a lot...

If heavy armor didn't prevent people from taking damage nobody would wear it. Try punching someone with your fist in their stomach...

Is it possible in your view for a game to have laudable approaches to sim in some ways and not be particularly sim in others? Does it...

So you don't think people can have different careers or become better at their chosen career? Because the biggest complaint I hear is...

I don't believe the world remains in stasis unless the PCs act. NPCs have their own motivations that lead them to make moves. That means...

You won’t like it, but the answer is almost surely a no ;)

Can we try to find an example arguing against simulation that doesn't involve hit points? Just as a change of pace?

I dunno. Sim play is a really broad term. I don’t think it’s worth exploring commonalities in games that simply feature simulation...

I think many would say the metagaming aspect expressly moves it far outside the simulationist camp. I think your simulationist scale...

Been there, done that many, many years ago. It was an awesome trip and an amazing adventure. I have fond memories of climbing to the...

Does any game tell you why someone falls off a cliff? How does it do so? How could it? Simulationism is about how we approach cause...

Reading through all of these and the same themes and arguments keep coming up, retreads from the "Are you running a sandbox". Arbitrary...

First, it doesn't just tell you that you fell down. It also tells you how far you fell down. To have fallen X distance, you had to be...

As a DM I don't have a goal of separating a party. Once we're in play I don't have any real goal other than to faithfully implement what...