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I wouldnt say scenario. I would say result. Developing scenarios is part of the DMs job. How the players react to the scenario...

That may be, but when assessing how they'll react to something, your view of it (as in, the view other than the players) is pretty much...

No, a lot of them just die. Very sad.

Not having normative behavior means that you can do whatever you like. Are we saying there are no best practices in RPG play? I agree...

I can pretty much promise you that with many, if not most, players they're not going to see the difference as significant in this kind...

You also have the issue of what I sometimes think of as "negative GM engagement"; this is more likely to come up with an individual PC...

I mean, railroading as a term is "fraught" in the sense that it's generally considered to be pejorative if used to describe a particular...

Ok, that makes sense, and I do agree with that. Sorry about being confused.

I think you're misreading my post. I'm saying the rules exist to check "narrative contrivance". Transferring authority to the setting...

He's got a very well-used Go Thread Me account.

I mean, obviously you're uncomfortable making new threads. :)

Let me quibble a bit (although I actually more agree with you on this topic.) Games with detailed, exception-based rules (I'm thinking...

While I don't wholeheartedly disagree, I think this sort of appeals to the authority of the books and/or rules in a way that is...

I think there's nots of room beyond strictly 'rules as physics'. Lots of games, using all kinds of rules systems, have internal logic...

Yup, I think that gates established pre-play and justified by the internal logic of the setting generally escape the gravity of...