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That's what fail forward actually is. You've failed, but the story moves forward in some way that is interesting to the group. The...

I'm not going to argue with that for any edition; though the targets of criticism will be different in each. :) Thing is, what some...

You can actually have it both ways, to a point: have one of the options in the table read "Make s*** up." or "DM prerogative". This can...

Cross-posted on my edit :)

It also has a loud gong that goes off when cast. :p

GM: So, knock has a verbal component, right? [rolls some dice in secret, checks their notes, and manifests their signature grin]

It's only "quantum" if you move the goalposts and include the DM. The context of this discussion is the PCs entering the kitchen and...

What's ugly about the fact that different people play RPGs differently, for different reasons?

In my experience, it almost never plays out that way. More likely it will go something like... (In war council with the Duke) Duke...

While I would generally agree with your position, I think this is a trope that might be attractive to some players - you defeat the bad...

Yes. What I will do is something like the following. The players decide to break into the wizard Alchaeus's tower. Alchaeus has two...

There's no real difference between rolling for time that has passed in advance and rolling for time that has passed in real time. Either...

Easy. I know the party is going to be traveling through a forest for three days. So I roll random encounters for all three days prior...

I don't think that's in dispute. However, which principals, priorities and constraints matter a great deal to folks, as this thread...

I don't think so. The people encountering it aren't the ones generating it in the way the person opening the box are determining the...