FrozenNorth's latest activity

I never said that the GM shouldn’t have authority. And you’re also ignoring my comments that it’s about the group and you’re trying to...

Sure ok, we're back to teh same silly argument about why you'd want to curtail GM power but somehow Uno reversed. "Well the players can...

Not just mine, but also the other folks at the table. And it's not about dramatic weight... stop trying to shoehorn the drama angle into...

I thought the GM should also not feel obligated to facilitate play they don't enjoy? If a couple of the players want to do things that I...

Absolutely. It likely will involve something important between or to the characters, and so it's likely interesting to explore that...

It's not about the playstyle. It's about the argument because it almost frames exploration as the equivalent of eating your vegetables...

A quiet moment where a character brings another one a cup of tea they made just for them, and has a little chat about not being afraid...

@hawkeyefan is completely obviously using "lows" to mean "periods of boredom", not "periods of failure".

Nothing you're saying has anything to do with what I was talking about. "Lows" and "highs" in the context of this part of the...

I think you missed his point entirely. He's talking about pace, not success vs failure.

No, I think that an argument that you can't have highs without lows is inherently an argument that for there to be excitement or...

None that I've ever played or run. I'm sure it is possible, but our 1e AD&D campaign degenerated into a mishmash of 1e, Boot Hill, Fight...

No, not at all. It's not something I disagree with. It should be applied to every game, I'd say. I just can't support the "highs are...

Because "the system is designed to create dramatic story arcs" and "the story arcs are planned in advance" is an apples-to-oranges...

I suggested you give it a try, yes. I didn't say you would "like my way if only you weren't too conservative to give it a try"...