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Also an incredibly dubious proposition judging by the roaring success of Cortex.

What, like some sort of world that seems alive, with cause and effect? Going back to BitD - and since I've been accused of...

Indeed. Or the bandits have become emboldened and completely disrupted trade, or taken over a town or who knows. The PCs not...

Some of this stuff seems to come back to @AbdulAlhazred's assumption that if the GM creates something, they'll make sure the players...

First, I use the Forgotten Realms. Someone else wrote it. But even if I did, craptons of stuff gets decided based on at worst a...

Except in this comparison, the corporate executive likely needs to get it signed off by the board (i.e. players) and is beholden to...

I was under the impression the contention was what kind of constraints the GM should be under. Plenty of trad-leaning GMs in this thread...

Ok, I think I can work with the terms provided here. This sub-sub-tread started with me reacting to The way this is formulated, that...

To be fair, plenty of GMs fudge rolls for various reasons. I hate it myself, but it's a common enough trend.

I think jargon can serve as useful shorthand, but good jargon should be intuitive enough that a lay person could derive its meaning from...

The Forge and its terminology is very controversial. None of it is any kind of industry standard. So when you try to apply...

A quizmaster/gameshow host is effectively a master of ceremonies. I know a lot of PbtA games use that term in place of GM, but I find it...

I've always thought the notion that the GM isn't a player to be patently ridiculous. A referee is an impartial non-participant. While...

That's a shame. I'm not a fan of anime, myself, but Blue Eye Samurai was really good. Even has what you might consider a wuxia dungeon.

If you haven't already, might I suggest giving Blue Eye Samurai a try. The subject matter is close enough to wuxia that it might help...