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I don't think even with elves it would be that big a deal. There really is an expectation amongst players of my playstyle that the DM...

Right. Kind of lends credence to the notion that diegetic isnt really the best word to describe both scenarios. Yes but it’s more than...

Do you have any real world examples of GMs demanding complete and total obedience? Because ages ago, I asked you something similar and...

But it's not making stuff up out of thin air, which is what you claimed. And you know what? You can figure out why you missed or fell...

Because it is relatively popular game so a lot of people actually have some idea of how it plays. You apparently not among them. No...

Well, not by me. I do not suspect misbehaviour from my players. All these conflicts you imagine, just do not happen. I have friends, I...

I want thief-lings now though. They sound fun.

Why? D&D shares many similar features to those games. What makes them simulationist but d&d not? The answers thus far have been...

mediated via mechanics seems to be doing the heavy lifting here. It would include mechanics telling the dm to decide it even the players...

I don’t think Burning Wheel is a great example because to my recollection the only mechanic I’ve seen listed problematic in it is using...

IMO, in relation to simulation, diegetic would seem to entail all stimulative mechanics/processes. Those outside the purview of the...

You quoted me, so I feel like replying. In my view I have yet to come across an RPG not able to provide me a simulationist experience...

I would consider them potentially simulationist for some set of experiences/subjects/treatments. So @Hussar can say that the treatment...

Knowing what the thing simulated by the mechanic actually looks like in the imagined world is very far from "into the weeds". EDIT More...

Works for me. Thus my initial confusion.