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Elevated appreciation and understanding of what? I can have an elevated appreciation and understanding of gamist play, narrativist...

And I’m saying it’s not a no true scottsman because there is a simple deciding line that differentiates the true scottsmen. To do...

I think the point here is that the GM has to agree with the stakes first - it's not that the roll is made and then on a success the...

They way it seems to me, is if it's not really a valid move to deny the players idea if he makes successful roll, what the roll does is...

I don’t see why it would be, though I wouldn’t say there could be absolutely no reason to do so. But the idea was reasonable, didn’t...

I'm not really concerned with that. I trust the DM to have the integrity not to fall prey to that temptation(if it's even a temptation)...

For me the mechanics should change. The fluff is what is already put out as known, so the mechanics matching the fluff is the least...

Why would we do something that we don't want to do? What I mean is what I just said above. We don't want it to be the way you are...

No man. It has been said time and time again in this thread that fail forward moves the story forward, but the specific task can be...

Would it have been a valid DM decision in light of the hope and positive result, for the DM to decide that the hope was not realized?

It started with being unconnected/distantly connected man. That's not a change.

Except that it's not. No it doesn't. Control over everything else doesn't force specific timing. It just doesn't. Your math works...

I was just being flippant. But I've read it now. Yesterday got away from me and I didn't have time to engage this thread actively. I'm...

I've done similar things. If the outcome isn't in doubt and the PC will succeed without a roll, but time is an issue, rolling to...

I personally loathe mechanical disconnects. If I note it on my sheet and the DM factors that in, but mechanically my PC is still an...