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I am otherwise checked out of the thread as explicitly said previously, because the very people complaining about terminology and...

Just to follow off this, Blades in the Dark’s relentless emphasis on open Position and Effect fundamentally changed how I understand...

I'm going to step in on this one. I'd suggest you absolutely do--any set of mechanics whatsoever applies restraints on the GM--its just...

I actually don't see many parallels in this list. There is nothing in your Gygax dot points about the dungeon or the setting "making...

Ask around? its not like that's liable to be a big secret if its at all extensive; word gets around.

Then we don't have much to say about it. "To those for whom much is given, much is expected." That applies to power and control as much...

I'm saying that, if the GM decides, that sort of thing won't happen because it can't happen, because the GM has decided that it is not...

I assume that you have a reason for using the combat system, rather than deciding the outcome of fights via GM free narration. Whatever...

Yes, I'd appreciate that too! I'd also appreciate it if posters would not present norms and approaches that characterise one way of...

Right… so then who cares if a given NPC can resist torture? Or doesn't drink? Unless those traits come up in relation to the PCs. My...

When I play chess I am not forced to follow the rules of chess. I do so, because that is what it means to play chess. When I GM...

Not in large numbers. Most of my training, teaching and mentoring is of new lawyers and philosophers. But I have trained, taught and/or...

You've asserted these things. I don't know what you mean when you say you've established them. But turning to some of them: Players are...

That’s why I think it makes sense to be very aware of these decisions… because doing so is narrowing paths. Again, it may be fine from...

How? I mean, what does it mean to say the scene is "ruined" if you're not running a railroad?