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You're fortunate in that you could both do that and have it work. This isn't about antagonism per se; you can have an antagonistic GM...

The same character usually won't show any fear when he's been beat up, either, but that won't be what happens with that sort of "let's...

Beats the alternative.🤷🏾‍♂️

If a GM says, "I don't announce DCs" but then goes on to say "I give descriptions of chances of success that more-or-less correspond to...

Without trying to be snarky, I have to suggest you've been extremely fortunate. As I said, I've seen this with people who have been...

To a point. But if one does what you just talked about, its producing what's avowedly a counterfactual in the setting (i.e. elevating...

In Monster of the Week, when you use Manipulate Someone on another PC, on a hit, they get XP if they decide to listen to you. On a miss...

Of course I'd argue that two things are going on here: 1. A demonstration of the problem with D&D style hit points; and 2. Reifying...

That's actually a perfectly reasonable approach from my POV--if the GM will have the conversation. And a big part of that turns on how...

Again, I think you're conflating trust-in-intentions with trust-in-judgment. They seriously, seriously aren't the same thing. People...

It's certainly not what I'm talking about. I've already said, repeatedly, that intentional bad behavior--which is what participating in...

Right, I'm definitely diverging, mostly I want to point out this isn't a discussion with binary poles. That being said I think it is...

On this, the 80th anniversary of the Allies' Victory in Europe (aka V.E. Day), I am reminded of the parable of the bartender and the...

To be clear, I'm not a PC vs. GM guy, I don't view that relationship as antagonistic. The GM is simply responsible for the board state...

On the other hand, as I've noted "trust" is a matter of degree and kind. I trust everyone I play with's intentions. I don't always...