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I am not well-acquainted with Burning Wheel; is "intent and task" different from "goal and approach"? In case clarity is needed: "goal...

Bolded for emphasis. This is a bit of a misconception regarding the original action role. Whilst common, it is not inherently intended...

Assuming the reason for trying to open the door was to save people from the fire, it's a logical causal effect. While it's true that...

It's literally not. While there are definitely GMs who are adopting clocks, as presented in BitD, into systems that don't use them...

I've not touched any of the Level Up stuff, but I'm assuming it's the same as what's in WOIN, in which case it's a knock-off of the...

I haven't seen anything for Scum & Villainy specifically (but then I haven't actively looked), but Blades has a bunch: Sean Nittner, who...

There are two standout books from 3.X era for me: 1. Manual of the Planes. Great for all your plane-hopping needs. 2. Sharn: City of...

Before BG3, I had in mind a campaign revolving around the Dead Three (which I've since scrapped because there's no way I'd be able to...

That’s not what @pemerton has been saying to me. He has very clearly expressed an inability to understand not engaging in an encounter—a...

In short, I do not agree with the vision you laid out. It doesn’t reflect how I view this hobby, or why I value it. I disagree with many...

I think this “trilemma” presumes the GM’s role is a mechanical; input-output, like a flawed algorithm that needs debugging. But in...

This is a bit of a rehash of a line of discussion that has already happened, so this feels like a bit of a misrepresentation. From what...

I've always found I'm able to improvise far more readily when I've done some form of prep as a scaffolding, even if none of it got...

Lots of making prep seem bad around here, and I think that is a bit odd. Something to note when we are discussing the use of prep. A...

Ouch, not sand - sand cake of course! How did I miss that word?