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I've certainly used it in 3.5, PF, 4e, and 5e. It's fairly trivial to use. "Oh, you failed your arcana check to identify the runes...

AND tend to wear the flag as clothing. Which is, of course, prohibited by the flag code...

Why is it a dead end? There are several different ways through a door other than picking the lock. And who said they need to get...

So, I guess this is how I'm starting my week....

Okay...I think I see where you're coming from. I was driving to work this morning and saw a few deer roaming around in the street. I...

Would it make more sense to you if we took away the threat? During my RPG upbringing, an encounter was anytime the PCs interacted with...

I think Narrativist game assumes Narrativist play is not any more One True Way than the described D&D play loop and description of the...

Sure. What I meant was that it was intended to drain resources. Whether it actually does comes down to the players. If they're savvy...

Same here, although I am neutral on the drain resources part. It may drain resources or it may not, depending on the circumstances and...

Consider a locked door. The PCs want something in the room on the other side of the door. The PCs use Stone Shape to make a hole in the...

What I'm getting at is that they didn't confront the grooms, the cooks, the lice in the rushes, etc either. But I assume these wouldn't...

I was going further along in the scenario as I was imagining it. In my head, the adventurers entered the castle, did their thing, and...

The encounter(s) on the bridge were "resolved" by creating a "bypass" around them.

I'm on your side here, I have no problem understanding what "bypass" means in these examples. I'm just thinking that an inexperienced...

I can see how the word "bypass" could confuse someone, especially in this example with the castle. I have always used the term...