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Once the spear has been thrown, and is on target, the fact that it was easy or hard to throw it on target is irrelevant. The spear is...

The question rests on a false premise, that it is the GM who "has people roll".

A character looks at the ceiling and asks "Are there any cobwebs?" The GM needs to provide an answer. Unless the GM's notes indicate...

And I am in the same position with respect to hp attrition combat and stop-motion turn-taking action economy. If we are talking about...

My claim was about chances. When a spear is in flight, heading towards a target, that target's chance to dodge the spear does not...

As I understand it, the term "diegetic" is used to try and talk about the relationship between events that occur as part of a process of...

Isn't it the case though, that the character expressed hope rather than knowledge? The odds may be a million-to-one I win the lottery...

Sure, but some posters in this thread have posted about "diegetic mechanics": eg

I'm not sure what you mean by "player agency within the fiction". The players aren't part of the fiction, are they? They are authors of...

This is from the Sorensen manifesto: 2. Restrict the non-diegetic means by which the world can be changed. Characters and systems can...

That's where you are 100% wrong. After all, we have no idea why that attack missed. The system provides zero information. Nor does...

For that to be diegetic, the characters in the movie would have to react to the music stopping. We might not know why the music...

If simulationism is understood simply in terms of the experiences you've talked about - immersion, noesis, investigation, etc - then I...

I'm not going to argue criticism with you - my handle on it is modest. But if by "diegesis" we mean simply what happens in the world of...

Apologies then, as I most likely misapprehended your post. Someone (maybe @FrogReaver) had raised the notion of a player authoring an...