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I doubly love this because, one, awesome concept, but two...as you probably already know...bat guano was one of the prime sources of...

Oooh, I like this tangent. My gunpowder rules said that dragon dung is needed for gunpowder. So, it's possible to get, but, requires...

You, in fact, did.

Except it absolutely is not. You can absolutely imagine that. A bazillion times, even. The one and ONLY thing the dice tell you is...

Now that is a good example.

No. The mechanic is not our experience. Period. It is not in any way the thing in your head being imagined. It is a pointer. An...

The term comes from film, right? Specifically about sound that is heard by both the characters and the audience, rather than just the...

And I am in the same position with respect to hp attrition combat and stop-motion turn-taking action economy. If we are talking about...

Yes... That's what makes it not-diegetic. Using the mechanic is not diegetic. That's...the point.

Precisely. The effect is necessarily diegetic because it literally does happen in the world. The question is whether our process to...

Two thoughts -- This first may be a quibble, but the fictional world is not diegetic -- it is the diegesis. Things strictly within...

Okay...but do notice the implied double standard here. The real world--and its real technologies and real cultures--are supposed to be...

Honestly? Not the most crazy notion. Bilbo only objects to being called a "thief" because he's a genteel country squire type. Tolkien's...

Good point. In which case, I kinda suspect cyberpunk to have a pretty big influence, as that's even more popular in video game circles...

This hold true in terms of being a presence in ppls' lives. Separate from the IP which has an official game, I expect there will be some...