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And in my experience it is one that has been mostly deservedly left in the dustbin of history or at least for the greenest of groups or...

Do I try to stab the orc or not? That's my choice as player. Do I succeed? Well, we can't role-play that out at the table very well...

So it is the Winter Court that altered the gates to steal the forks? Why are they doing this? Also, while they are at it, why not make...

If the GM establishes nothing, then it's a rowboat world and none of their choices matter because there is nothing to do and no...

i think the question is asking if they are the same, it's asking 'can a GM establish anything in the world without it imposing on the...

I am raising questions that I think matter in this context. Do you find that ink spilled to be particularly consistent? Because I...

Are you claiming there are, and you know them? Are you going to claim "zero/minimal GM force" is a "best practice"? RPG play is a...

I don't think it's remotely inexplicable. If you kill a PC the player soon gets another. If you beat them up they need a long rest. But...

I don't actually think they are strictly necessary, just helpful. They're tools. I mean, it has been explained to you several times...

How was this theft achieved? Why were the characters targeted? How did the culprits know of their arrival and that they possessed a fork?

My issue with the fork stealing is that is is weirdly specific and feels contrived. It weakens the player buy in into the fiction of the...

Right, exactly. And as GM I like to have such scaffolding. As a GM I already decide a ton of things, and such structures are one way to...

I think you're misreading my post. I'm saying the rules exist to check "narrative contrivance". Transferring authority to the setting...

Let me quibble a bit (although I actually more agree with you on this topic.) Games with detailed, exception-based rules (I'm thinking...

Because it's not binary, and I think you know that. It's a spectrum. The rules are just as important for play as roleplay, but the exact...