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It is different, but when decided after the presence of the cook is up to the GM. The complication is up to the GM. It might take a lot...

I don't really agree, because I'm not here to do freeform roleplaying; as such, a GM can "really know their stuff" and it doesn't help...

Let's consider an extreme case. You know Calvinball, right? It's a game whose rules are made up as one goes. In a sense this provides...

To be fair, the 5e(2014) DMG is awful. It's not so much a dungeon master's guide as it is a world builder's guide. There's no guidance...

Ok, but let's be clear on where the objection flows from. This has nothing to do with the fiction as fiction. This is an aesthetic...

Rejuvenation? Revitalisation? (Re)invigoration?

Careful, @Micah Sweet might come to the conclusion that you're actually a Narrativist!

Probably because the player's action itself wasn't the driving force, it was the die result, so it's more mechanics/system-driven.

Honestly didn't think I'd find myself agreeing with pemerton, but I'd say this is true. There is nothing meaningfully different between...

A simple question then: BitD is best when players are choosing their own objectives (as opposed to a GM-provided goal), but the GM is...

I'm not sure citing persons who self-identified simulationists reject as having mischaracterised their playstyle is a particularly good...

I think this shows a similar idiosyncrasy to mine with roll-under. There's acknowledgement that it's not born of logic, but...

I think the contention stems from the fact that not only in their view should players affect the world in a Watsonian/diegetic manner...

I do think that more tables could probably benefit from the GM utilising more passive checks, automatic success/failure, etc. Take 10...

Possibly. The original context was @Lanefan implying he engaged in illusionism, which caused @Hussar to express incredulity that it...