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I've been thinking and this seems like a good springboard. Why is a Random Table to determine the Cook's presence not quantum? Say...

It doesn't exist until after I establish it as a fact, but it isn't in a state of both existing and not existing at the same time until...

I don't think anyone means all or nothing about this discussion. It's just the hyperbole of spirited discourse.

It seems exactly like that kind of case to me? I get the cook wasn't introduced at the same moment the hard move occurs, but making the...

Sure, but there's those differing expectations rearing their ugly head again.

I don't speak for @The Firebird , but I do make stuff up. Usually, however, it's in prep as opposed to at the table (although sometimes...

If the cook is only there because of the lockpick roll, yes. Improv =/= quantum. Existing and not existing until after a die is rolled...

You are arguing against a position I do not hold. True.

Just so we're all clear: managing risk and avoiding obstacles are not the only dimensions of meaning that are possible in RPGing. In...

Hmm. I agree with the point of the comment but it wasn't what I was getting at. Without a random table there is no roll at all to...

Ideally their notes would have spelled it out beforehand, saying something like: Kitchen. Day: 2 cooks and 1 dishwasher. Night: 1-in-6...

They are logical consequences to failure that you've implemented because you're playing a style of game where something must happen...

What authority do you have standing over your shoulder telling you that the Google street view is accurate or not? That's just weird.

I appreciate the explanation. Your definition of fail forward seems to be different from what other people stated which became...

We aren't talking about being discovered by someone who is already there before the lock is picked and hears the rogue. We are talking...