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This is a good description of the difference. I want to feel like things I don't know matter and have weight, because it amplifies the...

But this of course simply kicks the bias up to a higher plane of abstraction: assigning the odds. Which is already a significant domain...

When talking about fiction-first games the fiction refers to the shared/established fictional situation the table has agreed upon. It...

Ofc, you may have spotted a light beforehand coming from the kitchen or heard a sound, perhaps it is not the cook but a stable boy in...

It's not just that the stakes have been set, but more so that the lockpicking attempt has nothing to do with the cook. Being discretely...

If you want to go to that level then assigning a DC reflects bias, right? I was referring to Fail Forward and Success with a...

No, not at all. The PCs can interact with anyone. If it's something the GM hasn't fleshed out explicitly, ideally there are random...

I've already posted examples in reply to you, twice. Here's a third go:

Not complex. Flyer Carrying and lifting rules exist in the PHB along with the effect on movement. Passenger - Attacking If the PC is...

It depends entirely on the individual table's preferences, and and that's all I have to say on the subject.

What some trad DMs, to eliminate their own bias, is assign odds and then roll a die to see if the cook is in the kitchen or wherever...

I mentioned this way back earlier in the thread, but my personal opinion is that "detection" and "perception" abilities work against the...

I'm shocked that citing the authority of academic sources wasn't able to solve a division in what "appeal to authority" means. :)

Agreed. I never said single point of failure equals death, nor that I'm not open to different methods of adjudicating the scenario. I...

There have been improvements IMO on some major save-or-die affects over the course of the years. We have 3 death saves when one reaches...