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I think there's an issue of timing at least. The sort of clarification as fictional creation you're talking about happens before action...

It's not a particularly valid experiment, but several of these players are also my board game friends; they routinely show up to play...

I might simply be more sensitive to it, but I routinely have players asking if they can do something, and then expecting a DC to be...

Prompting the dm to consider whether there is a cleric there that wasn’t pre authored by him still has nothing to do with the persuasion...

I should clarify that I'm saying if negotiation is a normative process of resolution (what is the possible impact of any given check...

You're speaking of diplomacy, as in, the mechanically-expressed process of establishing mechanically-defined relations between...

I'm talking about situations, ("where is the bookshelf in relation to the table?") not rules clarification there. I'm of the opinion...

That's directionally a good start, but you'd also need to spell out the consequences and risks preemptively and absolutely. I suppose...

Right, that's how I end up backdooring into the simulation question. Maybe that's the real divide, whether negotiation is to be embraced...

While I don't think it can entirely be avoided without denying the fictional space in some cases, I outright say I'm pretty gamist and I...

Oh, I'd argue the opposite, I associate negotiation with narrativism. I've been characterized as gamist a few times, and I've been...

It always seems to end up being negotiation when you get down to it. Propose an outcome, haggle over whether it's within parameters...

You're conflating intent and action here (and also pointing out the reason I'm not thrilled with systems that demand intent as part of...

This seems insufficient. You could as easily port that understanding to any board game that involves dice in resolution; the point is...

I think that's probably the wrong axis for that question. The relevant point is the nature of the action; in case B the relative impact...