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Yea, I would agree with this. The source of the setting notes isn't nearly as important as the fact that those notes can be asserted in...

These are both close, but there's an essential element missing that I think is the source of so much of the swirl in these discussions...

I've said this in other threads on the topic, but I feel like that if you're interested in presenting the "living world" aesthetic, it's...

When a definition of something starts getting overly broad, I generally find it useful to try and define by exclusion. What sort of...

That doesn't sound like a TTRPG mechanics problem. If your level of disagreement or lack of commonplace with another person is that...

Just read Once-Was-Willem, by M R Carey (Mike Carey). It's...odd. Surprisingly light for a book that includes a visit to Hell and...

I loved what I’ve read of his. It’s been a minute. I should try a reread at some point, too.

Throughout this thread, multiple individuals, including myself, @Bedrockgames, and others, have offered detailed, well-reasoned accounts...

Pretend there's no GM. Some other system provides a set of challenging circumstances, perhaps a particularly clever video game that no...

.... So they don't do it that way, but another, different way? I'm making a case for impartial task resolution. Intent is expressed by...

Yeah, i think this is a good example. In a game like Blades, if you have to get past some guards, you as the player might declare a...

If you don't view having a traditional monogamous long-term marriage as being temperamentally "conservative", then I agree that we're...

Sure, but they aren't being used to protect anyone from malevolent actions. They are there to prevent someone from tripping and falling...

This is the most reasonable statement of the position I've seen yet, but I think it still goes too far. Hooks are a convenient means to...

Basically, when a GM sits down and engages in world design and/or scenario design then they are doing the same thing a video game level...