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The GM needs to frame the player into decisions that are consequential for the mechanics. I’m bad at explaining how to do this because...

Here’s where I’m at. One: Creating fiction in response to each other is trivial. The player does something and the GM makes up...

Yeah you’ve nailed it. The simple way to put it is that generative resolution is used for plot heavy games that proceed through twists...

To an extent, yes. That's why I've given examples from a few different systems. There does seem to be a significant dissensus, though...

This is interesting. In Sorcerer I’d frame it as a humanity test and the roll over gives you extra dice to put toward conflicts with...

That was me adding flourish. As a GM I'm throwing it back to the player because I assume he's going to kill the guard. he would be in...

Really on point post. The snipped bit is interesting because the origin of this discussion was me and @pemerton discussing Apocalypse...

Yeah, actually this split between generative and position resolution is perhaps pretty distinct to the change between the core Blades in...

It’s really hard to create parity amongst different situations with different resolution mechanics and so I think the following is...

Yes but let me break it down further. If making a move on a miss means introducing a problem we could, very broadly, put the generation...

I want to rewind a bit. My issues with generative resolution are: One: Structural. How the generation of content relates to the...

Under your definition most of the time playing roleplaying games is not actually playing roleplaying games. To me that is blatantly...

A further complication: a lot of RPG rulebooks don't really spell all of this out in detail. They leave it as an exercise for the...

A great many people have difficulty switching between different systems of resolution. For instance: You want to escape the guards and...

Yeah, its interesting that I'd probably prefer a game with more emphasis on fixed beats like you see in a Firebrands Framework game...