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Great! So it seems that all three of you agree that whether or not the mystery is “solved” does not prevent the situation from...

Ah great! But like, that's still productive play right? Failure to solve the mystery, is still very much a welcomed outcome for this...

I'm building up to it. Given your continued involvement in this thread, I suspect you'll still be here for when I do.

So catching Grant right? If they discover that it was Grant, but he escaped half an hour ago, did they solve the mystery? If they don't...

The investigation is over when the players, through their PCs, cease investigating. What the exact circumstances are when that happens...

Thank you for responding! That seems like a viable resolution of the investigation for me as well. I'm building up to something but I'll...

But humor me. What does it mean to actually solve it? For instance: The wealthy industrialist, Victor Harrow, is found dead in his...

@Bedrockgames @Crimson Longinus @Micah Sweet A question for you: What does it mean to "solve" an investigation scenario under the light...

You too have rules and procedures for who invents what! Its just the case that you have decided that the GM invents most before play...

So going back to the Monte Cook separation of "player agency" vs. "narrative control". I think there is a missing component that lives...

Throughout this thread, you’ve consistently used the word "solving" the mystery to mean that the players’ theories are tested against a...

I’ve been following this discussion with great interest and especially now with the pressing question about when mysteries in TTRPGs are...

This is where I assert that, while it does not have the sort of logical determination of a mathematical problem (the "hardness" of the...

Putting to one side for a moment whether a chemist attempting to come up with a material regime for breaking down and repurposing...

I can see it, Cheers! I now return you to your regularly scheduled debate over what is or isn’t a mystery and how DM fiat is or...