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I think Micah has never been on Reddit :P. I remember a group of new players I took on had only done a little one shot before, the GM...

It doesn’t really shed any light on it for me, no. I mean, I get that you want players to essentially always interact with the setting...

In general, I think the underlying disagreement here is everybody has drawn their own set of little boxes in the sand, then wants to...

I don't really consider bad faith in any of these discussions either. Most of us are far past that, and in any case it is entirely aside...

This seems contradictory - something that only constrains me to the extent that I want it is hardly a constraint at all.

The underlying disagreement here seems mostly to be not actually about the decision making process, so much as the player relationship...

As I said already, everyone will have opinions about what is plausible. The GM will have them, too. Then, the GM decides the plausible...

Well, if that's true, then @robertsconley's whole methodolgy falls apart doesn't it? Since his entire line or reasoning is that the DM...

How is you deciding what goes on that chart not deciding what is plausible? Since anything that is on that chart isn't just...

On one hand, I would agree with you. But, like you, I’ve been fortunate enough that about 99% of my gaming is done with actual friends...

Everyone may have an opinion on the plausibility of any development in play... but since the GM is the one deciding what the development...

I mean… Valkos was a badass, but still.

Ah, yes, the Abu Salim special.

Geez, are you seriously taking all that on yourself, they do not manage their own character sheets?

So wait, I'm confused. Every game that values verisimilitude is better with GM as neutral referee rather than, e.g., GM as fan of the...