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It is not simulation as the causality is messed up. We have PC with some rune reading skill value or such (and possibly some DC or...

Yeah I seem to recall this isn't the first time I've ignore listed you.

Those are exactly the sorts of questions I would like to answer. Another poster has waved dodging and parrying around as signal...

Ok. So let me clarify. The player decided that as the alternative of thiefling was not on the table, they rather wanted to make a new...

Who do you think decided to build the town and challenge the dragon?

I’m not sure simulation is a purpose. Simulation may underlay and underpin a purpose and set of preferences, but I’m not sure that most...

Because I assumed you wouldn’t contradict yourself. Maybe I was being too kind there. Either you leave open the case that some rooms...

If you want to bring the analogy back to RPGing. You have a world you have worked on for 30 years. You could have kept it for yourself...

What does reading the room entail? And I’d suggest to the extent the group wants the dm ‘reading the room’ is group dependent. Unless...

Oh. I agree it is almost certanly railroading. I agree it seemingly breaks with preestablished lore. If this had happened to me I would...

But not by the player! I’m not sure how that’s a counterexample? And here the player didn’t decide what if any argument would sway...

No, it's simulationist if the weather is outside of the player's control. Like it is in the real world. If the player narrates "just as...

‘Runes cannot be read without first assigning them a meaning’. How did they get assigned a meaning? In this case the player selected...

Generally, D&D defines fictional kinds for a set of possible imaginary worlds. Some of those kinds are parameterised for use in play...

I think the Isekai thing is actually one of the most interesting challenges in rpg design. You can of course get around it by having...