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If that's the case, doesn't that mean all GM actions ever count as "hooks...only on a smaller scale?" Because if the thing described...

If the shoe fits... More seriously, I would 100% consider this an outright bad GM decision if I saw it at the table. I also don't see...

People have been so quick to jump on the slightest whiff of perceived accusation that GMs might act in bad faith. Yet here we have the...

So...you can assume everything is standard, except that assumption may be undercut at any time? That doesn't sound like a solid...

Further to the notion of showing the players my notes, I just remembered one fairly recent example where I not only showed them the...

If you agree that you cannot know anything of what is in the world, not even in principle until the GM has undertaken efforts to inform...

But it doesn't actually protect you from being detected. It enables you to avoid creating tracks. Like that's literally in the name: you...

This captures most eloquently why I choose to play roleplaying games. I want this stuff.

For me, the answer was really nicely put by Eero Tuovinen: I find that the riddle of roleplaying is answered thusly: it is more fun to...

In the language that Gygax uses in his PHB and DMG, he agrees with you. The players don't need to avoid an encounter if it hasn't...

I'm of the opinion that psionics should be organized in a more...pseudo-scientific manner. That is, spells, even with the cleanup...

I...question both of these assertions. That is, you can have a list of things you would like to have, but that's not a list of things...

But what you get XP for is the treasure you gain. There is no additional XP for the mere fact of tricking or outwitting.

I still find this idea of "encountering" such a strange way of conceiving things. If you are sneaking past something, surely you have...

I have yet to add too many specific festivals to my game. I've tried to keep a light touch with the major religion of Jewel of the...