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This is broadly my perspective as well, with the caveat that the first category is the precisely the category that benefits from written...

For the people who like to play the way I am talking about, it is player skill. I'll give an example. Suppose the party enters a new...

It absolutely attempts to model something. It models aprltitude and training in skill areas. The stat bonus is natural aptitude...

Do you not understand the difference between narration, being connected in some way, and DECISIONS? The first two are not me deciding...

I just saw this. AI is already proving to be a problem that is hard to control...

That's simply not true. The variable d20 roll represents the variable skill of the PC. Have you ever had to make multiples of some...

It's not relevant whether I am connected in some way. It's a fact that I am not making those decisions. They are. They make more...

Not quite. The definition involves a failure of athletic skill and/or strength. It's not silent. Just very quiet.

Because the players outnumber the DM and they make tons of decisions. Many of those decisions dont involve me at all. "Which way do...

Is the GM responsible for the bulk of the world building fiction? Sure, unless they're using published materials. Is the GM responsible...

The question is: is that diegetic? Do the fantasy heroes know that they cannot be killed by a single shot? I think that the answer is...

So I might have skipped a few hundred pages somewhere in the middle, but believe or not, I've actually read most of this ludicrous...

I think i saw that movie.

I think he's saying that it's passive aggressive to think that failing to hear the louder successful check, while hearing the quieter...

Like @Umbran , I never said roll.