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I mean ethics in the sense of a world view, an ethos. Both that characters have them and the players at the table can mutually...

(y)(y) So what this tells me that I should have a section that presents how my original notes were. Well maybe not the original...

This is a really rough sketch of how I'd use the material and rewrite it to what I'd consider a more thematically potent situation...

I've give my opinion on this before but if you're making decisions based on established fiction then by definition you aren't...

Hah yeah we both noted that Arbela needed to be fleshed out more. So by thematically relevant I mean you've got a lot of really great...

At first glance the way I play appears to be very similar to the way you play. Where I would differ, using your dire wolf scenario as...

Well a lot of it is the criteria the GM uses to frame the opposition. From my example: Take Thoth sneaking into the library to steal...

If it was done in the no-myth style it might look something the following: Let's assume Thoth is some kind of wizard and he has the...

Yeah exactly that. Incidental stuff is how I often describe it.

Well stuff like the Rotweed and Broher having one eye. They're incidental to the situation in a way that describing the location of the...

The reason there are terms like color is because a lot of Narrative games play around with who gets to say what about what. There needed...

Being able to clarify position, effect and intent is great. You can kind of pop the hood, so to speak, such that if things ever get...

It's an interesting question to think about but in a load of games how effective you are boils down to, the GM decides. In my...

I'm not sure. OP's view is quite extreme. It implies Narrativist play isn't even possible with trad RPGs (surely it requires player...

I would answer this question with because the frequency, magnitude, and type of agency expressed in any given game is enormously...