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I never said that the GM shouldn’t have authority. And you’re also ignoring my comments that it’s about the group and you’re trying to...

Sure, there's an ebb and flow to gameplay. Nobody can keep the tension ratcheted for 3 hours straight without getting exhausted IMO! In...

Not just mine, but also the other folks at the table. And it's not about dramatic weight... stop trying to shoehorn the drama angle into...

Gotcha, that makes sense from your perspective. Since I don't play games to imitate the banality of life, but instead take advantage of...

Authority over the outcome of the player's actions vs authority over the fiction and scene setting is very different. I know we've...

Absolutely. It likely will involve something important between or to the characters, and so it's likely interesting to explore that...

It's not about the playstyle. It's about the argument because it almost frames exploration as the equivalent of eating your vegetables...

Nothing you're saying has anything to do with what I was talking about. "Lows" and "highs" in the context of this part of the...

I think you missed his point entirely. He's talking about pace, not success vs failure.

Because it isn't even necessary? I mean, @DinoInDisguise is talking about how the mindset can be applied to any game, and how even a...

I think there's a weird thing that happens in how D&D play interacts with what we are acculturated to expect as "appropriate fiction."...

Are you intending to apply this rule to yourself?

They’re getting good rolls, or there’s no need for one ;). Most heroic/action fantasy I read consistently hits the same sort of beats...

Nothing wrong for whom? I can tell you that I think "nothing happens" is pretty unexciting. If I sit down to play a classic dungeon...

I believe in doing what you want to do without hesitation and finding the people you want to play with. It's what I have done in this...