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This is soo interesting! I myself having a hard time seeeing something more vulnerable than showing of my baby creation of 30 years...

There are many other reason it may not be possible to bribe someone for reasons other than railroading. It can be anything from blind...

So anyone that says "I played it, I didn't like it" can just be dismissed by "You played it wrong"? Because that's the answer to...

If people want their characters to make fools of themselves, why should I deny them the pleasure? :) Sure, go through the motions of...

I said nothing about the purpose. Rather the opposite. This indicate a self awareness that novels isn't your thing - so why make a...

History tells us a setting can quite well support both activities (novel-writing and game-play) at once. Forgotten Realms is first and...

Ok. So let me clarify. The player decided that as the alternative of thiefling was not on the table, they rather wanted to make a new...

Because in this example that's exactly the correct interpretation: a player is using the blank areas of the map as an entry to a)...

If you want to bring the analogy back to RPGing. You have a world you have worked on for 30 years. You could have kept it for yourself...

Well, obviously. Potential is nothing until it's realized; and if it's never realized that still doesn't deny its existence. If...

I am indeed surprised at how you recognise this situation as unambiguously a situation of absolute power. Which might help me reframe...

No, it's simulationist if the weather is outside of the player's control. Like it is in the real world. If the player narrates "just as...

If the runes have no meaning when the PCs see them (assuming they either fail or never try to read them), what do they say if-when the...

‘Runes cannot be read without first assigning them a meaning’. How did they get assigned a meaning? In this case the player selected...

Generally, D&D defines fictional kinds for a set of possible imaginary worlds. Some of those kinds are parameterised for use in play...