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I don't think the difference is so profound. Imagine a scenario like you outlined for the runes: "As a GM, I decided to place...

Oh, I forgot to note this: This all comes down less to the issue of, "Isn't it weird when characters show the setting conceits don't...

Which is why we really should note the "Special" in special relativity. Special relativity is, as the name implies, a special, limited...

They are quite literally never, ever subjects of the DM. If I commanded you to go to the store and bring me back 3 ribeye steaks, would...

You really think that absolute monarchs never talked about anything with vassals? That they never did anything a vassal wanted?

I'm sure there were not problems in your game...just as there are no problems in most fantasy games. What you're talking about is the...

In both cases, key aspects of the world are not defined until the players interact with them. The runes imply a history--an author, a...

Is that any weirder than not knowing why the runes were created?

Why would it be weird for them to discuss a disproven thought experiment?

I did mention it several times in the thread. For example Numerous other posters have done so as well. It seems to me folks are going...

Somehow I don't think "Sorry, dear, I'm a carbon-based lifeform and thus not suited for load-bearing" is gonna cut it as an excuse next...

It hasn't been in any thread I've seen where that has come up. @pemerton's statement is so far outside of the ballpark, it's not even in...

Wow. Talk about a misunderstanding of huge proportions. If that's what you get out of it, you really need to go back and re-read the...

Never said you did either of those things. But not doing either is IMO required for people with different opinions about the same topic...

So it's ok for me not to like something you like, but it's not ok for me to explain why I don't like it? That seems strange to me.