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I always thought of skilled play as how well players handle the abilities of their characters to accomplish goals within the game. Like...

I think this is good play, nice. I did a similar thing a long time back. At the climax of a cyberpunk campaign the PCs had uncovered a...

We played a Greek-like if you squint themed campaign called Odyssey of the Dragonlords that had a standing mythological “law” that...

You got off light. I would have considered something like Rock to Mud, Passwall, or the old reliable for getting past stone obstacles...

Does this perhaps indicate a misfit with the gaming system? EDIT: Or the genre of the game? As a player, I don't care to be given toys...

"Sorry, that I'm looking at my character sheet, but so far my character sheet is more interesting than the game you are running."

Oh, man, I can see in my mind's eye trhe kind of GM that hurt that player. "You didn't say you were wearing underclothes with your...

There is definitely an art to it. I was playing Mysterium once and had perhaps the worst teller I can imagine. This fella was handing...

Agreed. 9 times out of 10, what I considered to be obvious and simple to me was not so to the players. I’ve felt that over explanation...

It sounds like your players don't trust they can make "bad choices", either. Which is your fault as a GM. Players who feel comfortable...

I be weary and careful by using the things on my character sheet to verify if something is deadly or not. 🤷‍♂️

Even the creative solution used as an example was the application of something on the player's character sheet...

Unattended food in a dungeon?

Food is a classic trap

Even in OSR games, oftentimes the answer IS on your character sheet. There's nothing wrong with engaging with the mechanics of the game...