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I love the line "124 light years, away from us - a distance far beyond what any human could travel in a lifetime". That's the...

The difference between @pemerton’s view of GM fiat and mine stems from fundamentally different philosophies on how tabletop RPG...

Yes, what you said is right for how many D&D 5e campaigns are run, it's also how my Majestic Fantasy campaigns work. In contrast...

In the new errata, the stealth rules get the following update: Hide [Action] (p. 368) In the second paragraph, “you have the Invisible...

They'll probably release it when they figure out what fraction of 5 to call it.

On historiography, that is a whole other kettle of fish, and its own debate probably not something we could confine to a thread like...

I understand what you are getting at. To clarify, while the procedure and tools I outlined are methodical, the process is not meant to...

One of the #1 rules in rules interpretation is don't come up with examples that don't exist. :) Showing the rules break under...

You don't prepare for slots. :) The 2024 text says "You determine what spells you can prepare for each class individually, as if you...

By the way for what it is worth I am not trying to game the system here. I think you track spell slots as a single-class for purposes of...

I see what you’re getting at, and I agree that in the real world, causality is incredibly complex and often only makes sense in...

Sure, I will take a crack at it. One thing that might be helpful is that the OP treats the Alarm spell in D&D as an example of GM...

It is easy to view my methods as overly focused on what "realistic" but what matters as far as "reasonable plausibility" goes is...

@Bedrockgames @robertsconley One thing that might be helpful is that the OP of the thread talks about the d&d alarm spell as fiat for...

Right. If that is "GM fiat" then narrativist games are also full of GM fiat. I am not particularly concerned about specific definition...