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You can't know. At a certain point the GM tells you they're doing their best and you have to choose if you want to trust them.

You asked how we know it's consistent. You can't know with certainty. As for consistent in what way, I think the previous examples in...

I was asking the question and noting it was not in the text, not saying you were confused about your play.

If you're looking for certainty, you won't find it. Some amount of trust is necessary.

That's right. Putting the decision making on the system instead does spare you from the arbitrary GM. But it doesn't offer the same...

I didn't think that's the case. Firstly, because I'm quite bullish on handing resolution off to systems without handing off content, but...

The phrase "playing the DM" puts a negative spin on it.

The DM is also playing the other people sitting at the table. It's called "mutual respect" and "doing your best to ensure everyone at...

No, the details here matter

The Gm is like a referee. That doesn't mean you are playing him. And as others have pointed out, the GM still has to answer to his...

Can you imagine having your roleplay criticized by someone who doesn’t even know who Vincent Baker is?

If the GM is adjudicating the world consistently, you aren't playing the GM.

Fair, maybe it is better to say: "the main innovation is not about player agency. It's about moving adjudication from the GM to the...

But it can also remove player agency, because what they previously achieve via smart decisions now requires interacting with the system...

Just to pick one section: "The PCs' goal was to persuade Lareth that Fea-bella is, indeed, his sister, and hence that he should offer...