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My party is first level and has just emerged from an eight hour dungeon crawl. Their choices are to seek shelter in the nearby abandoned...

I wasn't directly attempting to answer your question because I'm not really interested in limiting the roleplaying choices of players...

Okay, well, for you, what ability does a character depend on to explore the setting, and what is the minimum score needed to do so?

It was meant to address this question from the post to which you were responding: Since you prioritize exploration of the setting over...

I think the expectation in RPGs that individual players are the ones who get to play their particular characters is pretty much...

Well yeah, the basis of calling the use of force railroading is that table expectations are such that it's perceived as a violation by...

I think this is an interesting hypothesis, but the posters most AGAINST « stats being there just for rolls » are ALSO the most...

That's correct. Your low Wisdom prevents you from hearing even my narration about the setting.

If you wanted to avoid being my personal torture victim for all of eternity, you should have put a higher score in Wisdom. Now play the...

Exactly!

Your character's Wisdom is too low to perceive the setting. Everything looks, sounds, and feels like a fuzzy grey blob. What do you do?

I'm not a very big fan of this. It's like the GM playing the game with themself.

I love this example! Al Czervik (played by Rodney Dangerfield) is extremely effective socially. It's clear the background characters...

I've been thinking about this thing about mental stats, and how I've frequently seen arguments along the lines of "it's especially...

I think by using really open setting as the contrast with railroad, you are building in an assumption that at least some RPGers - eg me...