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The game world isn't being changed. The crumbly rocks were there beforehand and are there afterward, as evidenced by the DC of the...

The rock is pre-established and is there whether they climb or not.

First, they aren't probably moving about. Very few people are constantly roaming around the house at every minute of the day. They are...

I'm looking for a game world that feels real, like my character is in a fantasy novel or movie. The game can do that, simulate that...

I don't think "simulationism" is the best term for what people are looking for in fixed world play. People didn't like...

Yet maybe she would: "Despite the crumbly rock and unsure footing, you make it to the top....". This narration efficiently does two...

Well, it is being changed...but I'll accept your terminology because nothing hinges on it, imo. I don't like play that authors key...

Heh. Just to inject a little levity into the conversation:

You want me to explain my feelings? If I don't feel the setting has a sense of independence from me the player, such that my ability to...

Only if the end results are all that matters to you. Is that how it is?

Absolutely not. "There is an iceberg ahead" is only a complication if the person at the helm doesn't know how to pilot their ship. The...

Let's think through how the environment relates to DCs, yeah? When the GM sets a DC, that sets certain information about the...

In theory you could have a module where you need the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch to defeat the Monster of Caerrbanog with it's sharp...

Yes - but it is a fully valid mode of trad play as well to work together to make a good story. The difference lie in how this...

and you've been told just as many times that others feel very different, that the end results are not the same, and how people feel...