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I don’t think that all GM side procedures constitute GM fiat. Sure, a GM could always ignore the expected procedures by exercising fiat…...

You also have the sub-genre sourcebooks: Techno Fantasy, Natural Fantasy, and High Fantasy which all have their own built in...

If 3e D&D is the first time that PCs and NPCs were really built in the same way, doesn't that just make such an approach "New School" by...

FWIW, I don't think that contemporary approaches to TTRPGs are necessarily opposed to simulationism as was earlier discussed. However, I...

I think this issue of NPC and PC build and stats is an interesting one. D&D did not try to establish any sort of parallel or...

To me, it seems you misunderstand me. Again, not contradictory with what I was saying at all, and in fact it's what I had in mind for...

I don’t think those are the same things. One chooses to climb a wall. One may not choose to have a fight… the rules may dictate that one...

I guess that's pretty true to the genre as well? JRPGs are full of setbacks, the hero(es) failing at something and being lost / diverted...

From WotC's point of view, why do they care that some of the people who play D&D are not as satisfied as they might, ideally, be? They...

Yeah sorry I've been jumping ahead too.

I want to highlight a few passages which I think will be important later (it will be important when we get to checks). I think we're...

Well, come on. How can anyone not be annoyed with the discussion of post-9/11 policy priorities with regard to…oh, this isn’t about the...

I think this part requires some nuance. This all sounds like the default mode of FU is some sort of sandbox/hexcrawl kind of thing...

TBF I think DH is far easier to play as a F20 game by default, FU has more opinionated system level implementation and guidance (it...

That said, I do think that the one of the wonders of Fabula Ultima's design and book layout is how it seems to unintentionally deceive...