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Now, all you can really say is that's not an experience you want, to be fair

The use of the dice isn’t about any lack of trust in the players, it’s about the fact that your GM hamming it up at the table misses out...

I was thinking the other way. Trust your GM not to have NPCs behave in a way untrue to the setting and their capabilities. In return, I...

You'd think so, but often I've seen it go a different way. We don't choose our table mates exclusively for playstyle compatibility...

I would say it depends on how successful you want your game to be. Games that tightly focus on an intended playstyle and then rigidly...

Yup. If I wanted to play any genre of game that they make a PbtA for (and often do), I would do it with a toolkit system I enjoy more.

This is a good analysis of Blades. I find that I want to like BitD (and Scum & Villainy) but I struggle to actually do so. Or, put...

I think both kinds of games are good, and I'm glad both exist (although I prefer the toolkit style). I would only pick up and play an...

Sure, to each their own. Obviously not how I prefer to handle it.

Good roleplaying and trust can get the job done too IMO.

It doesn't have to be him, and it doesn't have to be any specific reason beyond "Heroes are not intimidated". It can be a lot of ways...

Those Players are IMO, intentionally choosing to not play their PCs logical reactions to the situation by basing their response on...

That gets back to the "you can only get on the ride if you're this tall" approach, which is, if you can't properly do intimidating...

On the other hand the GM is expected to do a lot of firewalling of NPC intentions and his awareness anyway, and if he can't do that this...

Well, there are simply game systems and GMs that don't use social rolls at all. Not what I want, but they do have the virtue of...