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What makes this different from the DM rolling on a random encounter table? This seems even more related than the previous examples...

Moreover, in households from medieval times all the way up through the Victorian era, servants were never supposed to be seen by...

Then why does the dragon only exist there because the roll """failed"""? (I know it's not a "failure" because that's not how we classify...

Yes. I also think that many of those RPGers have not really grappled with the tension that arises - which I noted in my post - because...

This is interesting. The set-up reminds me of the sort of thing I would get from the In A Wicked Age oracles. A couple of questions, if...

To create a story through resolution of a situation you need characters with conflicting wants and ethos. You put the characters...

While I can see where you’re coming from, I think that there might be a distinction between a Front/Threat and at least what I think of...

This is a good question, reminds me of the discussion around solving a mystery. I'm not @pemerton but he has often mentioned intent...

This seems wrong to me. The PC, like any other character in fiction, "exists" for anyone who reads, views, listens to, imagines, etc...

AbdulAlhazred made a post about this not too far upthread: Here is the text of Discern Realities (DW p 68): Discern Realities When you...

What Harper says only establishes an "ought" on the premise that it is accepted as true. It's not self-grouding. Furthermore, as I've...

There is no difference between "confirming" and "making it up". I mean, any other GM in your position might have decided to use the...

I mean, I still don't get it, I just decided not to bother responding because it wasn't going anywhere. I don't understand why it's...

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

Well, for me... I had asked you about your random encounter process oh a hundred pages back or so, and you never really answered...