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There is another form of skill, which is skill in operating as a team. This was forcibly brought home to me on Saturday, watching a...

If it's not clearly in the character's abilities, it needs a roll. Player skill in narration can get moderate bonuses to the roll. If...

Which in the situation described is basically "Wait, what? Did I not say it was lava?" I'm pretty sure in the past that I've had...

That seems to be the exception, brand new players. I'm not sure what happens or when, but at some point players lose the "interact...

I'm always puzzled with these threads because there isn't one answer. It's like asking 'how much bacon do you like on all meals...

I'm glad you highlighted that, because there are multiple meanings of "players skill" and sometimes people debating it are using...

One of my fall time favorite movies. And your summary of the events is in fact correct. Well done defending this masterpiece.

Still going through the data but some first really interesting findings have emerged. So, there were a total of 319 people who...

You've just caused me to realise that I need to use a trap that has gone off prematurely, killing the person who was installing it...

AD&D 1.6e, Avalon campaign, Greensward strand. Plan: contact enemy of enemy.

Chull made into Lobster Thermidor.

Improvised Radio Theatre - With Dice is done by a couple of friends of mine, and is pretty good.

That has become a trope in its own right. The correct response from PCs is normally attacking. Quite a lot. I don't worry very much...

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. -Mark Twain It really...

I don't put traps in for their own sake. They get put in scenarios by inhabitants who are trying to defend themselves, and how good they...