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no, you misunderstand, i said i would never change the state of the fiction in response to a check, if the wall is solid it's solid, if...

Yet maybe she would: "Despite the crumbly rock and unsure footing, you make it to the top....". This narration efficiently does two...

You want me to explain my feelings? If I don't feel the setting has a sense of independence from me the player, such that my ability to...

Only if the end results are all that matters to you. Is that how it is?

untrue, a complication is still a complication even if you have people who are skilled enough that dealing with it isn't an issue.

Let's think through how the environment relates to DCs, yeah? When the GM sets a DC, that sets certain information about the...

No, you are the one that's still getting it wrong. If we fail on the check we still get the door open, correct? But every single time...

i realize there can be other complications, i was just trying to illustrate how deciding if the cook is there independently beforehand...

Where I consider it poor play by the players. If nothing happens, it's on them to find or create a way to make something happen. Only...

Exactly. I'm reading a book at the moment - an enjoyable story so far other than that the amount of contrivance, where the protagonists...

Let's consider an extreme case. You know Calvinball, right? It's a game whose rules are made up as one goes. In a sense this provides...

and you've been told just as many times that others feel very different, that the end results are not the same, and how people feel...

Why is it unhelpful and confusing to analyze play from the perspective of an independently real world?

I think you are saying that in your experience "nothing happens" normally leaves room for play to continue, and I'm agreeing with...

I would consider that a failure of module design, not a failure of the rules.