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This is the illusion described: This illusion was clearly broken. To claim there is no illusion make no sense to me? I can play a very...

No. My claim about cheating the players was not about when the decision was made; it was about the existence of the cook. I, the GM...

The example was dishonest imo because the cook was placed there on a failure but not a success. It had nothing to do with the timing.

The account was banned earlier this thread.

This difference is huge! When you create the adventure you have to consider both options, and can make sure both are consistent with an...

Well, no. The key difference is that success has no cook and failure has a cook.

I would certainly hope you knew that I was not in any way being serious. I think we all get too serious on this forum, I was attempting...

The bolded is where the mistake is made, if someone's doing it like that. Ideally, in a granular resolution system, the degree of...

I once had someone try using loaded dice in my game as a joke; it was blatantly obvious after a couple of rolls that those dice were...

I think the reason this isn't landing is because "no one knows if the guard would show up on success or failure" isn't any better, from...

I pondered this a bit, and I think I have an answer for you. The critical notion is the commonality you express: "in each case the GM...

This is why I appreciate examples of play with GM commentary on their thought process. I know they take a while to type out, and they...

What is the GM thinking? Do they also have no idea how they will frame a scene until the dice are rolled?

I was about to answer this when @The Firebird fully invalidated my answer by giving a much better answer. Thank you so much for sharing!!