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But that describes a very small number of climbs; the vast majority can be managed by most people if they can be managed at all, given...

It's not an example of "narrativist games". It's an example of MHRP/Cortex+ Heroic. Apocalypse World is a "narrativist game" - as...

Well, at least that last bit is definitely one of the frustrations I've had thus far, and one of the reasons I ask for things like...

I think the point here is that the GM has to agree with the stakes first - it's not that the roll is made and then on a success the...

No. In D&D combat, no one decides who lives and who dies. A mechanical process is used, and all the participants are agreed to go along...

No. They are the vast majority of complications. That's the problem here. You dismiss them as being a minor irrelevancy. But as you have...

I'm not making anything irrelevant. It simply is irrelevant. The GM's absolute authority and ability to control literally every other...

Well, all I can say is, I never do this. On exceedingly rare occasions, I may reflect and realize "y'know what, I never should have...

Yes, this is what I did. I said “this roll isn’t so much about making it to the top as it is about how fast you can do so because the...

Depends on the situation, but yes, in contemporary English "castle" has a very strong implication of being specifically fortified. The...

I swear to god you either have to be doing this on purpose to be difficult or somehow failing to read a jillion replies to you on how...

Have you ever described a player, in D&D, who rolls a successful attack as having decided that they hit their oppoinent? Have you ever...

Also the non-ghost player is decidedly not “fit!” The expected outcome is generally “eaten by ghost.” For some additional context to...

I don't agree with this. No. They stated what they hoped it would say. Then that hope was put to the test of a dice roll. And the player...

We could classify the trad GM’s process as quantum as well. That until he writes that the Amulet of Agonar is in the chest in Room 8, it...