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Except I didn’t mention “story arcs” or “stories planned in advance.” I referred to kinds of stories, which were raised in a discussion...

So, just like in my Living World sandbox campaigns, where I determine or roll for how the world is in motion. Eventually, the players...

He’s referring to the consequences of failure, as in, “Nothing happens when you fail to pick the lock,” not “We’re just standing around...

Noted. Those are precisely the same type of RPGs as OD&D. In both, the narrative emerges from the unfolding events of the campaign.

You’re taking the word narrative too literally. Yes, every campaign results in a sequence of events connected through time, so a...

Yes, pacing matters in every play style, but that’s not the issue here. What matters is how pacing is handled, and that’s one of several...

I think @AnotherGuy the nail on the head with their previous comment. Dynamic power levels that match the PCs aren't incompatible with...

Because you're overlooking the fact that the settings I use were developed across multiple systems. They may have started with AD&D 1e...

This brings to mind something that happened in one of my GURPS campaigns in the 1990s. At the time, we were trying out different ways to...

Your take that Blackmarsh is built around a level progression system doesn’t hold up. The core of your claim is that Castle Blackmarsh...

The terms I used, like “Mother May I” or “skip to the good parts”, are common stereotypes that have been unfairly applied to different...

The City State of the Invincible Overlord is not a “safer” area. It has its own dangers, political, criminal, and otherwise, every bit...

You're reading level as a mechanism for gating content. That’s not how I use it. In my Majestic Fantasy RPG, level is a shorthand for...

That’s not relevant to my point about levels or how they function in a living world sandbox. The section was there to show that gaining...