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Let's begin with this: suppose that the players did invent every important setting element. How would that set back play? Once we've...

Is this a serious question? I stated that emergent play is important to me. You have claimed that the style of play I prefer gives the...

So… like most games, then. Because that’s how I’ve run D&D, Fate, GURPS, Monster of the Week, etc.

Storytelling as opposed to what? Because I don’t know what the issue is. Coz a little while ago I ran a one-shot of a Lasers & Feelings...

So what do you propose the best thing to do is? The players create all encounters?

I’m not really certain that “henchmen released a monster” counts as plausible or logical, unless that was a previously established...

I see we're jumping right back to extremes. It hardly seems controversial that authors wield more power than GMs. Is not the standard...

I do agree with you. It just that draining essence feels less vampirical to me. Is nothing that can’t be reskinned and changed, should I...

True, true. I just can’t help but think that I’d count out tokens and then my ADHD would make me forget how many I put down so I’d have...

I agree that it's a bit much but I think the purpose is because they're figuring some people entirely new to RPGs and maybe not great at...

What's the difference between telling a story and setting a scene? Scene-setting is what all that setting expositon and backstory is...

That wasn’t about rules. That was about the idea that @EzekielRaiden has that there are all these GMs who demand total trust without...

Ah, yeah, I forgot about the stuff that boosts Evasion.

I was finally reading through the domain abilities today (I tend to GM, so hadn't really dug into the player side yet), and there's...

What sort of prep and how much would acceptable for you to not consider the GM a storyteller?