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I think it was about 500ish pages ago I noted that as of 5.2024 the DMG once again has advice about skipping to interesting stuff /...

Authority over the outcome of the player's actions vs authority over the fiction and scene setting is very different. I know we've...

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...

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 this provides some clarity to me. In an earlier post, I mentioned being perplexed by some of the pushback I received. I had...

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

I find it difficult, with my experience, to believe that most people aren't after a bit more exciting vs less exciting, slower paced...

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...

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...

Except that has never happened, so.....

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