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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...
Jun 26, 2025
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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...
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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...
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Meh. Almost any game with any sort of options to it can be played any way. Even the least gamist, most narrativist/simulationist gamer...
Jun 26, 2025
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At first glance this seems similar to the distinction between Rules as Written (RAW), Rules as Intended (RAI) and Rules as Played (RAP)...
Jun 26, 2025
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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...
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Sure. In fact going through the specifics of learning a new spell probably would be more interesting - the first time or two it came...
Jun 26, 2025
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Probably best not to assume other posters are lying.
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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...
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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...
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I answered more precisely in a different post. But for your extensive example here the analysis might be very simple, but I think can...
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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?"...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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