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But the actions you take in the game world are not connected in any way to the mechanics of the game. That's the point you keep...

That's an interesting point. I remember encountering a lot of them in early D&D, both to fight and as light sources, but you don't seem...

No. YOu just keep insisting that your misunderstanding of how things work is the only true definition.

This is the part that has always baffled me about the whole "I play D&D as sim" crowd. Why would you insist on playing a system that is...

But notice what that requires: "6. If your abstractions do not match your fictional world, de-abstract until they do." That's...pretty...

And as I've posted, D&D's combat resolution rules contradict that manifesto at multiple points: they are not "diegetic" and they don't...

If my character is in the desert, unless I'm next to an oasis, if there's quicksand in that desert, I'm calling shenanigans. Quicksand...

Another possible insight. I will here look at 3 semi-fictious extreme styles of play I am going to shorthand railroady (RRY)...

To be fair though, in a world where Giant Fire Beetles can provide heatless light for 1-6 days, the idea of a belt lantern gets a lot...

This kind of thing is going to be absolutely crushing to the hobby. This is going to have ripples for years.

The owners of small TTRPG companies don't have personal money to 'put in'. Nobody will buy their products for their actual value...

Of course it doesn't. D&D never does because, as we've established, D&D isn't a simulation game. The mechanics are always divorced...

Of course the suggestion is intelligible. @hawkeyefan gave an example from actual play of 5e D&D. I've given examples from actual play...

If we go back to where I first joined this conversation, it’s clear that this is precisely the issue I’ve been raising. The idea of...