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Upthread, I posted quite a bit about some sorts of approaches to the setting-oriented RPGing that you describe: These posts advance...

Inspiration, Advantage, Bonus XP As to Why - It incentivises players to proactively pursue goals

Why does the DM always and the Players usually? The implication is that in a conflict of wants, the DM wins all disputes. There is never...

Okay. But contemporary refers to what is current and happening now. The fact that contemporary classical music started in 1945 doesn't...

Yes, when I chose the word recursive, I was thinking of a conversation like this; - D&D mechanics are designed to emulate a genre. -...

And this leads to why this sort of conversation makes me want to tear my hair out. When I think of mechanics in tabletop RPGs that try...

So you're conceding that players don't meaningfully impact what happens in play? You're The Author and they're just replaceable audience...

I don't assume its automatically used universally. I think there are people who have made it clear that they're measured to various...

Note how you have made 'I want to play race X' the same as playing an evil PC, or making the game some sort of awkward sexual harassment...

Good gods, people don't read my posts. I'm not talking about what happens when there's a conflict between what the players want and...

I think there should be space for Greg Stafford for Pendragon alone.

Not the suggestion I was making. I'm not suggesting disruptive. I'm suggesting something you may have distaste for, but everyone else...

You are. I've said so. Numerous times. But other people are too. Which means sometimes, again SOMEtimes, you'll have to choose not to...

And yet your phrasing suggests that any time you have a preference in conflict with your players, you automatically get to be the one...

Surely, but the issue keeps coming down to your happiness seems to trump anyone else's.