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Did you not read any of my posts in which I said that this is not a game about solving puzzles or overcoming GM-authored challenges so...

I have dug down, and have offered a diagnosis. You apparently reject it because it's "sanctimonious". But anyway, here are two...

Sure. But I'm not the poster you need to take that up with!

But you can see why I have a problem calling that simulationist right? How is your example any different than magic pixies? That's the...

We learn that the character did not observe the thing... And then, only AFTER knowing that the character did not observe the thing, we...

Whereas to me, the skill mechanics don't tell you anything. We have no idea why you succeeded or failed. And the fact that you can...

See, but here's the problem. What do you do when the player rejects the DM's narrative. When the player finds the DM's post hoc...

Players declare actions to confer benefits on their PCs all the time. The runes case wasn't mechanically easier than any other...

Right, which is why suggestions of "cheating" or "get-out-of-jail-free cards" is irrelevant to this discussion. Something done...

Aren't you a proponent of abstraction? I take it, then, that you don't have @Maxperson's objection to the Cunning Expert PC build element.

IOW, you don't want simulationist mechanics. Why is that hard to admit? You want the simulation to come from the DM. Great. No...

Surely this only makes sense as a concern in terms of challenge base play? All play changes the narrative and the current state of the...

You are asserting that you can tell me how your rogue climbed the wall. But you can't! All you can say is that, because the rogue is a...

What handholds did your rogue use? Which fingers? What sorts of grips? How did they use their legs, vs their arms and shoulders? I've...

The GM calls for a WIS (Perception) check. The player fails, and so their PC fails to notice something. The GM narrates that as "While...