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Ok, first, your language is a bit confusing, as a trad sandbox adventure is not explicitely expressing what is happening. Rather it is...

Yeah, of course it isn't cheating objectively. My OP on the subject said something like "I felt like I was cheating my players", not...

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Could you please explain to me what sort of adventure we are talking about, and why we are talking about preplanned adventures at all? I...

This is the illusion described: This illusion was clearly broken. To claim there is no illusion make no sense to me? I can play a very...

Seperate point from the previous, which was relevant for the situation you proposed where a planned test actually can have wide reaching...

This difference is huge! When you create the adventure you have to consider both options, and can make sure both are consistent with an...

Hear, Hear!

I like it (pardon the pun). What it saves are hundreds of posts sayng nothing but "I agree" or "Hear, hear!".

I pondered this a bit, and I think I have an answer for you. The critical notion is the commonality you express: "in each case the GM...

I was about to answer this when @The Firebird fully invalidated my answer by giving a much better answer. Thank you so much for sharing!!

I don't think that's a mistake, for two reasons. Firstly, understanding how things would play out on a success gives a contrast to how...

Hello folks. I have something to add. There is an argument being presented that it is not meaningful to ask "what would have happened on...

This misses the point of the example. I thought everyone at this point was aware that the problem situation at hand require the cook to...

There is nothing "illogical" about a guard approaching a singing person. There is nothing "non-diegetic" about a guard approaching a...