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I've managed to play and run the game for 42 years without once trying to keep track of which is which. :P It should be easy to...

That's why I say that there are diegetic mechanics. The climb mechanics of D&D are the representation of the climb occurring in the...

But then that would mean that diegetic has no meaning because in any fiction, there is an author of the fiction. Probably no...

I agree with you. It cannot be a requirement that if something only exists in the narrative and not external to the work, then it is not...

The mechanics represent the act that is occurring in the fiction. The character is climbing. The climbing mechanics support that...

Wait ... rolling a percentile dice is diegetic but rolling a D20 is not?

Diegetic music: the characters in the film an also hear it. So? The character falling off the cliff also knows they're falling. Show...

Apologies then, as I most likely misapprehended your post. Someone (maybe @FrogReaver) had raised the notion of a player authoring an...

He can't try again because Gygax didn't want do overs. Someone who is skilled at carving here in the real world and who slips and ruins...

The rope broke and he slipped... The rock crumbled and he slipped... There are many reasons for slipping, but slipping itself isn't a...

You should have read further. This is also from Oxford. (adj diegetic) A term used in narratology (the study of narratives and...

Thing is, I too could start a sandbox game in well under six months. Well under six days, if it came to that; likely even under six...

No. What's surprising is just how much complaining there is about GM-led games, and GMs in general.

That's not what the definitions and explanations say.

They are not isolated rules. The ability check rules, the strength rules, the equipment rules, and the DC rules are all part of the...