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Yes there is. We resolve all of A's actions, including their movement. Then we go back 6 seconds and resolve all of B's actions. The...

But it was said we only roll if there are stakes. What are the stakes? What does it mean to unsuccessfully climb a wall? But not...

I don’t think that’s in any way what anyone was advocating for. I think you’ve misunderstood quite a bit.

I suppose I’m not quite sure what that means. The player asks if their character can find herbs, and then maybe a roll happens to see...

Right. I posted this about a month ago upthread: More recently I posted that examples of bad narration don't show that good narration is...

For sure. Some players like it when their characters fail a climbing check and then fall to their deaths.

Here’s what @Maxperson said: I then offered my solution to this “problem”. The solution I offered works for me and my players. It...

Just travel? No… the characters likely ate and slept and talked and did all manner of things along the way. That we skip it doesn’t...

No… I think anyone describing them as “two very different things” is exaggerating. No, a player asking if his character can search for...

This has nothing to do with actor vs author stance, which describe different ways a player goes about making decisions for their PC...

I wouldn’t call them coincidences. If you don’t climb a cliff fast enough, and an ally is therefore killed because you were not there to...

Huh? The whole of D&D combat resolution ignores forward-facing causality. Person A does their 6 seconds worth of stuff. Then we go back...

People are claiming, in the abstract and without any evidence adduced from actual play examples, that Burning Wheel - one of the...

No, it's just a constant mantra of going back to the premise of this thread which at least I enjoy doing. If the 5.24 guidance has...

Huh? Upthread you posted something similar to what the DMG says: