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Because that's what narrativist mechanics do. They let player's directly manipulate the story in a way that only the GM normally can...

Why are we having a challenge mechanic if the characters are not in a challenge? What does nay of this represent? Why does arbitrary...

I think the main reason is that we are all human and cannot get into the heads of another race like dwarves and elves. I referenced the...

Looks dumb, like an obviously bad design. Not that dragons could actually fly if the wings were facing the correct way (magic aside)...

I mean, the design is just terrible, but I also really do not care that much. I am not obligated to follow WotC designs. The dragons in...

I mean, for me, the problem isn’t that it’s impossible. I enjoy all sorts of impossible things in my fantasy media. The problem is that...

So I am not quite sure how literally I should understand "the map and key" in the OP. Because I don't think that this is literally how...

Which makes it very "mechanics first, fiction as colour." If the player invents something clever that should resolve the situation then...

Yeah, this is why I always found them unsatisfying as presented. They simply do not do what I want them to do. The "gameplay" becomes...

That all makes sense. I couldn’t play this way with NPC agendas and goals out on the table upfront because for me that destroys...

Yea that’s along the same thought lines I’d had, though said much more eloquently. My point was more that if someone wanted those...

Skill challenges are better understood as a shared fiction generation exercise that allows for player contributions to be digested...

1. What does the GM base his decision to require 3 successes before 5 failures instead of 5 successes before 7 failures. Deciding one vs...

So question on skill challenges because that’s the implementation I’m most acquainted with. How can one take into account the changing...

Those all sound like goals or motivations. Is that a fair way of characterizing the description you just gave? For instance an NPC I...