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It's not arbitrary. The guard patrols the house at a walking pace. There are X number of rooms and it takes Y time to walk them all...

In actual game play it goes something like this. DM: "You guys have been tracking the goblins for two days now. The tracks lead you to...

That's been a sticking point with me as well. 5e bundles too much together. My desert nomad who has never been in enough water to swim...

Look at the rules! Swords are made of metal and have edges that slash for physical damage. They come in longswords short swords...

Agreed! If the presence is fixed, then the roll could, in principle, have been rolled at any time. I could do it years in advance...

My point is that I can understand the perspective that games that follow a Narrativist agenda can feel more like storytelling exercises...

Really? 1 in 6 chance is "fixed" world? How? The presence of the guard is totally arbitrary. It's a 16 percent chance. Doesn't...

A satisfying conclusion to the story being told.

I'd suspect there are plenty of people who are trying, in narrative games, to "win" its just that the win condition involves arriving at...

Cliff - DC 15, unstable rocks. Fixed. On a 1-in-6 chance, a guard is present. Fixed. A cook may or may not be present, depending on...

Yeah, this is one point of disconnect. If the players in your game are not trying to win, if the social contract underlying it says that...

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...