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It's not just "one stubborn character". It's "one stubborn character with a completely and objectively ridiculous viewpoint in 99.99% of...

I've quoted Burning Wheel upthread (BW Gold, p 30): what happens after the dice have come to rest and the successes are counted? If the...

(Not a response to any specific poster) 'The decisions I make take into account all relevant factors within the setting, and they are...

Then you shouldn't either. Don't accuse Ironsworn or similar systems of being ridiculous anti-realistic "anything goes", if you're going...

I hear this sentiment a lot, that the roles are "rigid". Would you be willing to say what elements contribute to that feeling? I...

Inventing examples like this doesn't do you favors. Because this is exactly the kind of thing I would hear and think, "Oh. So the DM is...

Adherence to real-world logic is a non sequitur. You can adhere to real-world logic while using systems which restrict the "how". It's...

I have asked this question many, many, many times. I have never, not once, gotten a good answer.

Why is it that we are told GMs will only ever make decisions in the best interests of the game, but if you give players even an inch...

Not a quote from you, but an example of this principle not contradicted, written by someone else: And another: And here, from you...

I didn't say it makes it a railroad. I said that this technique is unrelated to whether it is a railroad or not. This technique was...

Okay, cool. So your system has rules for various things. Awesome. I want you to imagine that system, completely stripped of rules for...

But "just staying true to the character" can accurately describe either thing. That was @pemerton's point. This isn't a defense. It...

Howso? The DM is making the players follow a course. They are simply doing so by exercising their sole and absolute authority over what...

I think you're missing the point here. Who establishes that the character has that trait? Why is it established so? This is what I...