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Heh. Well, thank you for that. At least my brains haven't entirely fallen out of my ears. :D For those who are looking at this...

Let me try to clarify then. The characters were not "just exploring". They were traveling to a specific location to explore that...

I guess, at the end of the day, I just don’t see what the problem is with admitting that the dm is never really impartial. To me it’s...

Of course. What they didn’t do was point to an unmarked bit of forest on the map and say, “hey let’s go here!” They went to an...

Wow. I do not play that way. It never occurred to me to play that way. How does my persuasion check determine the moral character of an npc?

But that’s not the example. There’s no misunderstanding here. @Lanefan specifically stated why he described the floors that way.

I suppose. This is why I asked the question! But how do you see impartiality changing according to the goals of play? Like I said, if...

I don't know if I am impartial. At times, sure... I try to be fair and I try to portray the world as it's been established... so I think...

I’m about 10 minutes from catching a plane, so I don’t have time to engage much. But there are some things regarding Story Now...

Agreed. I think a major part of the definition of a sandbox is not just the possibility, but the expectation, that the PCs will start...

Well I care because I got accused more than a couple of times of onetruewayism and accused of denigrating play styles and games. Things...

Fair enough. I can see that the GM can strive to be impartial but I see it is aspirational not something you can ever achieve in a...

I would add any strictly linear style campaigns would likely not be considered a sandbox. My Candlekeep Mysteries campaign, where it...

I've said this in other threads on the topic, but I feel like that if you're interested in presenting the "living world" aesthetic, it's...

Actually, there are a number of ways for the party to know this. There are a number of random encounters with various factions that can...