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I think your explanation here is probably the best explanation. The difference lies not in objective quantumness but depends on the...

Honestly, that attitude from the non-traditional side is the whole reason I'm still here.

It's railroading. The players choices are invalidated and no matter where they go or what they choose, they will encounter that ogre...

I mean, we've established that you really shouldn't use a lot of fail-forward if your focus of play is on navigating pre-established...

This is illusionism, which is a form of railroading. It completely negates player choice. To me, it's the worst form of railroading as...

I've been in those situations several times over the decades. They're pretty rare. That said, 100% of the time the DMs told us, if you...

Maybe I'm not understanding then. The example I gave was of an unknown time limit that could(not would) render all those efforts null...

Nobody is saying or implying that from my side of things. And nobody has shown(or can show) the position my side is taking on...

I had to expand upon it way upthread since just having cook in kitchen didn't give enough detail. So for my posts, coming from my...

Oh, I appreciate from a technical standpoint a lot of the player facing techniques. They aren't necessarily my cup of tea to run or...

If you run a pre-established setting, much of the pre-establishment has been done for you. The same with pre-written adventures like...

For sure. And since I play with a pretty broad group of people across multiple tables and systems, understanding those different...

It's not "where the PCs are" It's in the particular spot in the forest that the 2pm wandering monster roll would happen. I just roll it...

I think there is room for appreciation of both sides, especially if you're running prepped and non-prepped scenarios alike in a huge...

Yes it is optional. In both 5e and 5.5e. The default is not to run skill checks that way. The RULE is in the PHB and it says nothing...