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Yes, I prefer when metacurrencies are diegetic like Willpower. Destiny in FFGSW kinda falls into this for me due the framing of it...

It's the games tones and presentations. They may have similar rule sets, but are presented in very different ways. And the way that 4e...

I think this more effectively explain the issue with your reasoning: I got a similar vibe from @Campbell 's exelent post a while back...

I think there's value in a worldbuilding guide, but I think a dungeon masters guide should probably, you know, guide people in how to...

I think this was one of several sources that inspired this line of thinking. I actually did not see that much push back? I think maybe...

The immediate thing that comes to mind is leading questions and how some GMs/players/games cross the line with them. (The link is John...

I don't think this is too broad. Dungeon World's design goal was to play like D&D did when you were 12 and words like "Dungeon" and "Old...

Ouch me bad, sorry! My laziness got the better of me in that second instance. It was supposed to read the action of the characters there...

I understand that Daggerheart takes some inspiration from 4E. It even says so. But "it's counts as a 4E variant" is taking it way too far.

Ok. Here they are:

I do agree with this sentiment. I have no strong opinions on its value, but fail forward is just a technique and it can be misused or...

I think one of the strange things is that sometimes metacurrencies are just currencies. There is nothing meta about Willpower in World...

So, in games were intent is meaningful, I expect two things. That the intention is the character's diegetic intent and not the player's...

I read it again. Here's what you said: Take a look at the bolded. Note that the italics on the word "characters" was yours. That's...

I've always found it weird that metacurrencies are considered a narrative mechanic. Their meta-narrative nature always distinguished...