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Hey, they seemed big at the time! :) I grew up on a rocky seacoast. To get from my house to the beach while staying on our property...

It seems more like specifying what winning the lottery will amount to. What the prize is. Deciding the prize isn't the same as deciding...

Since you've played D&D, you should know what they're talking about--the GM didn't decide ahead of time what the runes were, and the...

Meh. Almost any game with any sort of options to it can be played any way. Even the least gamist, most narrativist/simulationist gamer...

At first glance this seems similar to the distinction between Rules as Written (RAW), Rules as Intended (RAI) and Rules as Played (RAP)...

You're missing my point here...it isn't about your odds of winning. It's about the bold statement--the prize is specified in advance...

Sure. In fact going through the specifics of learning a new spell probably would be more interesting - the first time or two it came...

Probably best not to assume other posters are lying.

Which is fine, obviously in the rune example the player can't decide that the runes make them into a god although I do wonder how the GM...

Have you ever climbed a cliff? Looked up and said "That doesn't look too hard" only to find out that it's not as easy as it looks...

I answered more precisely in a different post. But for your extensive example here the analysis might be very simple, but I think can...

There's a pretty big difference between: DM: "You try your best but can't get the lock open. All still seems quiet. What do you do?"...

My last answer got carried away into the details, and failed to see the big picture. I think now that the critical failure here is to...

On the runes, I’m thankful for the example because it’s the clearest example yet of exactly what we claim is happening in narrativist...

Well, it’s not a mistaken idea even if it’s ‘not real’. I say that a player can restrict their narrations on any basis, and indeed to...