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(Not a response to any specific poster) 'The decisions I make take into account all relevant factors within the setting, and they are...

Inventing examples like this doesn't do you favors. Because this is exactly the kind of thing I would hear and think, "Oh. So the DM is...

I think this is vanishingly rare. Most people will cave eventually. But this is what dice rolls are for, right? 'It's DC 20 to...

Why is it that we are told GMs will only ever make decisions in the best interests of the game, but if you give players even an inch...

But "just staying true to the character" can accurately describe either thing. That was @pemerton's point. This isn't a defense. It...

I think that 'Resists drinking alcohol out of a religious belief' is a much more interesting trait, and allows the system to determine...

Howso? The DM is making the players follow a course. They are simply doing so by exercising their sole and absolute authority over what...

I think you're missing the point here. Who establishes that the character has that trait? Why is it established so? This is what I...

On this we disagree, I think, at least to this extent: making the game world respond realistically to player choice can be railroading...

This. It will genetically engineer humans to have six fingers so AI artwork will be accurate. :ROFLMAO:

I think the difference here is an expectation of the state of the sand. Imagine for a moment you went to the beach and someone had...

I think there may be some bit of range with some systems and how they are handled by the GM… but yeah, the idea that they are separate...

I don't want to be rude or anything, but that seems like a lot of work for a result you already know you wanted before you started.

Isn't this quite punitive on fighters and barbarians? They gain from the Intimidation thing but they have to spend two extra skill...

I would also want to keep the classic 6 for reasons of nostalgia and tradition. I guess the trick then is finding ways to even up the...