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I could be here (and am) or could be elsewhere (but am not), so am both here and not there? That doesn't make sense to me. I also don't...

Sure. But it doesn't make a large difference to whether or not it is "quantum". That doesn't depend upon why the roll is made.

I'm not appealing to authority: I'm describing a fairly well-known RPG rulebook.

It's not true that the cook is "there and not there", any more than it's true that a monster who was authored as the result of a...

It's starting to stand out as a fault line. It can seem weird to picture play in which at every moment players have at forefront of mind...

GMs having a mental model they develop and evaluate is only more like our moment-to-moment existence as long as we are dealing with...

What the fudge does this even mean? IN THE FICTION there either is or is not a cook in the kitchen. The GM says "there is a cook in the...

See I would read @pemerton post as either there or not there. Which seems different from both there and not there.

Okay, so the roll isn’t what triggers the encounter, but rather the PCs being in the area triggers it? But then how can you claim that...

Isn’t the wandering monster roll only made once they enter the area? Or once they linger too long or spend time searching an area? But...

Well, I don’t mean in regard to a story. And while yes there are many games that focus on premise and character goals and the like, I...

I've never tried to run a RPG where the setting was designed literally independently of the goals of play. I've played classic D&D with...

I thought you play D&D?

This makes Gygax's AD&D non-traditional, then, given that it expressly contemplates retrofitting fiction to explain surprise:

Honestly… I think maybe the core bit of disagreement is that I don’t think the world should be independent.