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Suppose we take this approach. Then there is absolutely nothing "non-diegetic" about the runes case, or the startled cook, or anything...

Okay.... I don't see how that is relevant when the topic at hand is "process" sim...?

I don't think anyone is arguing that there are not other games that lean more into simulation. Meanwhile I'm primarily concerned about...

I don't really see how that helps with the things I was pointing out. Because the GM is reality, all it does is force them to take like...

Not sure I agree with that part, although I do agree with everything else you said. But, then you're talking more about genre...

Sorry, going to break my answer into two parts because I have two different answers for you @Faolyn. The more personal answer is that I...

I'd point out that I'm not the only one in this conversation, so, it's obviously important to more than just me. But, for me, the point...

I would question that any simulation that is based on a complete ignorance of how certain results occur isn't much of a simulation. I...

No. And that's the problem. It's not analogous. Because it happens BEFORE the results. Why did you crash? Well, your altitude was...

Rolemaster is for cowards and communists. Real simulationists play HârnMaster. (Full disclosure: I love HârnMaster on paper. I still...

So, essentially, simulation is just an illusion? So long as the DM maintains the illusion of simulation, and the players don't question...

What does a simulation do? It seems to me that the basic-english answer is, "It tells us how and why new things happen, when we put...

Okay, so how do we square that with--for example--the GM having complete preference control over the description of the outcome? Because...

Not quite the argument I'm making though. I'm saying that because the die includes all the intangible reasons for why you failed or...

The PHB is a bit more DM leaning now too. AFAIK, there aren't any rules for skills in the DMG. It's a bit like 2e where they put all...