SableWyvern's latest activity

There can be, sure. A heavily optimized high tactics play table is going to look very different then one where people get together to BS...

Exactly that. When I say player skill, that's exactly what I mean. Players solving problems with their ingenuity and brains rather than...

It sounds like when you say "D&D" you mean 5e, Pathfinder and similar games, where choosing and using specific feats and abilities is a...

There's a presumption that, if you're at my table, you're "a bit interested" in planning, problem solving, lateral thinking and the...

I'm only anticipating one game, and that's Ars Magica 5th DE.

The first published RPG I ran was Fighting Fantasy. My most memorable event was sitting around an outdoor table at school during lunch...

Yep. If I'm running a game where common D&Dism apply, I'll tell the players anything they know as players is likely common knowledge in...

I think some of this knowledge is common to the world anyway. That is, unless trolls are brand new to the world or the region, it would...

I just re-read this post (because @djotaku quoted it). On the one hand, we could compare traps to combat and say that your avatar also...

For the record, I consider myself a neutral arbiter…on average. Sometimes I am a benevolent god arbiter. Sometimes I am a vindictive...

I'm going to snip out the majority of this, because it's very kind of you to acknowledge everything you're agreeing with. It sounds like...

OK, but that's a reason to have a problem with railroading GMs, not player-skill GMs. I have little time for the idea rules can protect...

I think the extreme character skill people don't want GMs arbitrating at all -- the mechanics are there for that and the GM is just...

I use those phrases. I would also say that it is because I use them I personally consider it so critical to establish a common...

Because "I roll to succeed" is boring for everyone else, and their fun matters too. Everyone should contribute to the shared fiction...