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This is pretty wrong. If the DM failed to note than the grass on the plains the party entered was very tall when they initially...
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There is no pretense. Rolling specifically for a random encounter is very different than having an encounter because you decided to...
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okay but this is part of the core problem you're missing, yes, the dice roll to unlock the door is something that should be influenced...
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I missed this earlier. As the person who came up with the high grass, I specifically mentioned it as being narrated prior to the...
Jun 22, 2025
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This example would only have been relevant if somehow you on success the grass had to be short. The entire problem is arising when the...
Jun 22, 2025
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Who said it"suddenly becomes long" I would never describe its length at all unless asked. It would always be long, but described as a...
Jun 22, 2025
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EDIT: This post analysed Burning Wheel Revised Edition. This is older than Gold edition. It turns out gold edition is very similar to...
Jun 22, 2025
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For like the umpteenth time, there is no teleportation or quantum involved with wandering monsters. None. These are all monsters that...
Jun 22, 2025
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Seems a reasonable enough action declaration in any game. The difference in a more traditional game being that it's the DM who...
Jun 22, 2025
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I think the out here is that the GM is the ultimate autorithy on the Ob, and indeed the feasibility of the check. You likely can not...
Jun 22, 2025
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So what you say is that this won't stop until trad players are accurately describing nar play, and nar players are accurately describing...
Jun 22, 2025
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I think you are purposfully twisting "made up for the pc" here. While it technically is true in the everyday meaning of these words...
Jun 22, 2025
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That's fine. I disagree, and I think there is a clear difference with bundling that roll into the player's roll--and your language, 'let...
Jun 22, 2025
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Have you met this group? :P
Jun 22, 2025
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No. That's wrong. The hex had whatever was there the entire time. The DM just doesn't have the time or energy to detail out the...
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