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I didn't mention railroading at all. My position is that the form of decision making being presented ('there's a world simulation...

I'm trying to think of a recent real world example where a group of people has abandoned their previous set of beliefs and chosen the...

Would you agree that you can't shoot the moon with an arrow (assuming you're not Artemis or similar) doesn't actually require the GM to...

That he made up yesterday. Big difference! PS all religious beliefs are made up

This is an extremely radical position of GM privilege. The same privilege of protagonism that I want for my fighter should apply to the...

Then you shouldn't either. Don't accuse Ironsworn or similar systems of being ridiculous anti-realistic "anything goes", if you're going...

'I can't railroad the players because I don't give them enough information to tell if it's happening' is quite the take

To be clear then, you're saying that when you decide for example that 'Bob can never be bribed, it's a defining character trait that...

Bit again this is where context comes in. I don't presume that anyone walking up to the King as a complete stranger, a nobody, with no...

This depends on the system. A lot of games give PCs a privileged position above the results of such rolls. Those that don't do this may...

(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...