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No, I mean resistance to anything that doesn’t work as traditionally defined. Not D&D, and not leads… I said that trad play can enable...

Except for all the people it helps.

Okay, last time. Someone described the “Cunning Expert” feature as defining the character’s place in the game. You leapt at the...

I suspect that this thread is like a beer that's left out by bartenders to attract flies around one spot away from the rest of the bar...

Okay… then what relevance is there in bringing it up? I didn’t bring it up… @Maxperson did. My thoughts are more in line with yours...

Not by the players? Had they not asked about the farrier, you’d not have created him. How is that “not by the players”? To describe it...

The player wants to hit the Orc, they find out if successful by rolling the dice. The player wants the runes to indicate the way out...

Because neither of us was talking about anything to do with trad play? We were very specifically talking about how a GM and player would...

That I was not given a chance to say I wanted to be moving cautiously and stealthily. That I was not given a chance to detect the...

I mean, if you're obvious in your deception, are you actually being deceptive? :) But I think these 2 cases are pretty much the same...

Yea, I think that's a tricky path to navigate. I can see a DM trying to do heavy sim play, with most of the setting action (and thus...

I think it depends. If the players accidently take some action that gets them off the path, and the GM steers them back onto the path...

Right, and if "the world" reacts to the players by invalidating their choice in favor of the DMs predetermined outcome, that's railroading.

I mean, every adventure path is essentially a railroad. It’s one of those touristy railroads, of course, where they offer you drinks...

To me the "quantum" label doesn't fit the runes case, or at least is being used with a different meaning than the "quantum ogre". I...