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What an odd misconception.

Nevermind

All I can think about this is, in a game in which a risk of death is a real and possible outcome, shouldn't this be such a situation in...

I've always posited this as either a system or setting failure, and never been particularly sympathetic to claims this situation can...

No it's an example of a rule that produces an outcome that may not be consistent with a Sim approach if that outcome is not one that is...

Well yes clearly. See again Earthdawn. I've been in this situation though (a long time ago) with D&D The NPC had a crossbow pointed...

The difference is important. Hit points are just abstraction. Falling a 100ft and being able to stand up and dance a jig is a...

I would point out that the examples I gave earlier were not about hit points. They were about game outcomes that occur within the...

Well I was playing around with 3.5 the other day and I realised that if I gave a Mature Dragon one level of Abjurant Champion they would...

I don't really want to defend GNS but a big part of the idea of the creative agenda is that it can be implicit. I mean I think the...

Well yes.

I don't really see any need to add anything to what I already said.

I think it's more that you can say the insult your character spouts at the courtier directly to the GM, but he may have something to...

Is there any reason someone couldn't just say "I prefer to resolve skills checks in a simulationist matter" regardless of what they...

This echoes the "diegetic" requirement in Sorensen's manifesto, adding a second condition. Roughly, rules are "simulative" when they...