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It depends on whether you think rules should create accountability. I don't but I'm also sympathetic to the idea that principles should...

It isn't a fear of words. You tend to couch in things in terms of intellectual bravery, like people are afraid to see what they are...

How were cameras covered by the rules?

Can you give an example of something the dm decides that’s covered by or falls within the rules? I’m trying to picture what this case...

Oxford Languages, via Google, gives as the leading definition of "fiat" the following: a formal authorization or proposition; a decree...

Yes, if the merchant with the blue cloak was a ghost the whole time, yes

If fiat is just another word for decides (whether by principles or not) then why do we even need the word fiat here at all (just use ‘dm...

Where some mentioned already that finding combat to be this way, is somewhat dependent on table and players to a degree prompted me to...

Probably. Can you be more specific on which elements above were prepped and which were not?

It was not clear to me which things were referring to which things, so when I see some things saying genre conventions are what permits...

Would you all classify the GM Pre-Authoring the elements of a mystery (characters, facts, etc) as a game mechanic? I would, but I'm...

IMO. It's not fiat if it's principled. Fiat requires arbitrariness. *In case it's not clear by the like, i basically agree with the rest.

Most fiat is principled, you just need to find out what the principle is. Four somewhat common principles: Ask what would be there...

Yes but it is a decision that could go in the direction of more mechanics, of something happening in the game, of asking players more...

If I'm playing some 'generic' Narrativist game (say The Pool). If I want some deep mysterious backstory then I just write deep...