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In real life, sometimes the only consequence is that you failed to do the thing. For example, say you have an interview for a potential...

Bolded for emphasis. See, this is how I understood it, though I suspect there's a difference of perspective at play. So, for example...

No matter what you might claim, "what the player hoped for" and "what the player decided" is, in this case using these rules, exactly...

Oh, for--! Are you doing this thing again? We are all aware that the game takes place in an imaginary state.

You do realize this is, by name, your personal way to play 4e?

It's different if you break it into two steps. The step that's common to both is the randomness of whether the bettor (or dice-roller)...

If opening the jar is uncertain, we use dice to determine if it can be opened. I do not care about consequences for opening or not...

I really appreciate this! It really helps me try to structure my own thinking. I think this made me make a huge realization. I was...

The setting being predefined vs established ad hoc seems besides the point. The GM is still in control of all the things the GM is...

But there is a fictional environment in which the characters - PC and NPCs alike - inhabit, even if it's a undefined post-apocalyptic...

I think everyone is in agreement about this point. And indeed I don't think anyone has ever disagreed. Respectfully, given that you...

This is me reflecting back how I read some of the participants in this thread writing. If you think this is misrepresenting it, this is...

I agree that framing it as putting X at stake on roll is not the same as choosing the prize. It's not easy to formulate precisely why...

On player driven Do we all agree that the failure or success with complication states of fail forward resolution introduce GM-driven...

Thank you! I think you have soundly refuted my PS. But this extensive treaty leaves another open question for me. The context of the PS...