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And we pretend these falsehoods are true, for the time we pretend to spend in that world. Otherwise there would be no reason to suspend...

I think @pemerton's idea is that a "hit" on a roll could mean a hit with a weapon, but could also be read as a near miss that depletes...

Or the visitor was a long time ago and was writing in something readable for their time. Or the original builders put the map in place...

What swing? What damage? I mean, two 10th level fighters duel. They have (say) 90 hp each. The player of one rolls a successful hit...

Don't they? Then how do you explain Tomb of Horrors? Or if you want something more grounded: why wouldn't (say) a burial chamber have...

That our fictional worlds exist, that we have characters that inhabit them?

And this would be my contention. I think there's a degree of what I would call 'emulation' that necessarily happens in all play. That...

I made this same point upthread, in relation to Perception checks and surprise mechanics. The reason it doesn't get commented on is the...

Though I find that there are still times where even those for whom this gets "stuck in their craw" will do things that are retrocausal...

That your complaint, as best I can tell, is simply that the player rather than the GM established some fiction. How is it free? And what...

How does you thief climb to the top of the wall? Or your fighter beat the Orc? All you can point to is that they are skilled thief or a...

This is a point I've been making on these boards for years now.

There is no divergence. The character wants to read the runes, having conjectured that they may reveal a way out, and hoping that they...

Just to clarify, I don't see my example as something to like or dislike. Rather it poses a question: what in the core D&D game text...

And? An 8th level fighter is able to beat Orcs because they're a good fighter. And they're a good fighter because they're a good...