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I'm not seeing how this is all that different from a quantum superposition. Until the dice are rolled and result in known (i.e. the cat...

@The Firebird explicitly claimed his statements as personal opinion. Turns out we're all allowed to do that, even if other people don't...

The rune example is exactly what I have in mind here.

Ok, now that you are done with the ad hominem argument against me, maybe you can try to adress the substance of the matter? My posts in...

Go back to the Aristotelian idea I set up a while back...the right amount of improvising is 'some'. If you're improvising everything, it...

We understand how it works, we just don't care for it.

I don't think this is right. It is meaningfully different because if the character improves in an unrelated skill, then in one case they...

I'm not sure citing persons who self-identified simulationists reject as having mischaracterised their playstyle is a particularly good...

I think this shows a similar idiosyncrasy to mine with roll-under. There's acknowledgement that it's not born of logic, but...

I think the contention stems from the fact that not only in their view should players affect the world in a Watsonian/diegetic manner...

I do think that more tables could probably benefit from the GM utilising more passive checks, automatic success/failure, etc. Take 10...

A GM can never provide every single detail. I provide enough details so that the players can understand and make informed decisions...

And two comments I thought that revealed things in a particular salient way. @pemerton doesn't mean this positively, but I think it...

Second, regarding changing the fiction, there are some misunderstandings about how fixed the world can be. I don't agree with your...

Let me pull out some salient points. First, I argued that narrative games do not allow you to 'play to win' in the same way trad games...