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It seems well within the trad approach for the DM to roll a random encounter because of the rogue’s lock picking failure. So how is the...

I mean, if your requirement is that NPCs are always pregenerated into a fictional space beforehand, than any mechanic that doesn't...

There might be any number of reasons why a failed roll to pick a lock might be heard by someone in the room next to the kitchen...

No, it doesn’t. You’re changing the example to justify your conclusions. The example was that a rogue PC unexpectedly decided to break...

Kind of amazing how an example designed to make fail forward look ridiculous makes it look ridiculous. A much more artful version of the...

Same thing that happens if a trad GM rolls on a table and no encounter (or a different encounter) happens. The cook was elsewhere.

I mean, my settings theoretically have billions of NPCs that "exist" in the setting. But the only ones that matter are the ones that...

More the point was that "showing your work", as it were, exclusively after "your work" no longer communicates anything, won't really...

What's ugly about the fact that different people play RPGs differently, for different reasons?

I think it might be helpful to seperate between the concept of random encounters and random stocking. It appear to me like what you...

Hang on a tick. How can you roll random events beforehand? What triggers the events? How can you know how long the party will spend...

Sure! In fact, here it is again, with some bolded parts to help you understand it wasn't an absolute truth. "Yes, actually. Those...

Regardless of play techniques the GM is determining it. The question is based on what principles, priorities and constraints.

Yes, but relying so heavily on randomness to the point of being unwilling to make things up is a bit of a problem. All I know is, I...

Then what are you saying? The GM making stuff up is not the GM having total control. It's just the GM making stuff up. What the GM does...