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Often I would historically, but lately I've leaned more toward mystery cults of very specific gods that I introduce when they become...

Scaling DCs are design malpractice. They can serve no purpose other than rank illusionism; if you don't want the PC's chances of success...

I'm impressed. I literally can't think of a less satisfying, worse way to produce TNs. It embraces neither the fiction, nor the game...

Static. 3e is the best edition for laying out what a difficulty class was and why for specific tasks (which stands to reason since...

Northeastern United States, it's not uncommon.

A nice white cheddar is great on pie. A scoop of ice cream is nice with pie. Unfortunately, I've learned from personal experience that a...

I don't mind basketball? If any serious effort was made to balance the teams, there's some really interesting tactical play, and the...

Here me out, you're both wrong, and the rules should provide the player a meaningful set of decisions to make in pursuit of their goal...

I don't like the term Free form. Every Free form game has system mechanics, principles, agendas and best practices, even if they aren't...

I think you're misreading my post. I'm saying the rules exist to check "narrative contrivance". Transferring authority to the setting...

Let me quibble a bit (although I actually more agree with you on this topic.) Games with detailed, exception-based rules (I'm thinking...

I think the question was pretty clear. On what basis do you make decisions about resisting a consequence, evoking a special armour etc...

It’s where author decision meta-mechanics can get tricky. Does the game assume that you the player wants their character to succeed...

Yeah, that makes sense. I struggle to understand how those two kinds of decision could coexist, and why it would not be arbitrary to...

This is both dependant upon the game and who you ask. I disagree with a lot of the other narrativist inclined types here because I do...