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First, encounter rolls are very often not rolled in advance. I have nearly always rolled them in the moment. Second, none of these goes...

There is a "diegetic" reason: it's a kitchen, it has a cook in it, the cook is startled by a burglar. That's as "diegetic" as the...

Bingo!

So question on this: would you think a Seek Insight/Discern Realities (I forget, are you familiar with Dungeon world?) roll where the...

And the reply was that this is true for all RPGing - there are elements of the shared fiction, and events in the shared fiction, that...

You may be pretty sure, but the text confirms that you are mistaken. DMG pp 169, 173: When you need help in designing a dungeon -...

I’m just saying… if you think everyone needs to adjust their chosen language based on the feelings of others, then you have a strange...

The point being made had nothing to do with "GM" and "MC" being (or not being) synonymous. The point was that you can't create a...

The boardgames (eg HeroQuest) are not RPGs. But RPGs have had pawn stance since their inception. I don't know how @Hussar sees the...

That's like saying I take on the role of the shoe in Monopoly. In very gamist play, being a fighter or a cleric or whatever, doesn't...

I don't think it's really died off as much as people kind of just either accept the problems with it or dropped it. Like, I know of the...

Can we not turn to isekai authors for examples, because the rest of that statement ain't honestly great: Like, this is the sort of...

There is no "the GM's role in PbtA games". The role of the MC in Apocalypse World is pretty clear from the rulebook, and it involves...

Well, not really. In very gamist play, the idea of role assumption isn't a priority at all. Early D&D, for example, was strongly...

Can we now move on?