Recent content by Umbran

"You will not break me!"

Also, to add... you don't have to see how. You get that, right? That you don't have to understand what works for others? You have to (on this site, at least) accept that others might like and work differently, and be okay with that, but your understanding is optional. And also to add - you...

The phrase, "seems highly unlikely" says to me that it seems highly unlikely to him.

I am not sure what "hard lines" means to you. But, not everyone is at their best with absolute freedom to do whatever they want. Some folks are helped by having a frame work to follow. Not eveyrone's judgement is great, Micah. And, even among those who have good judgement, they don't all...

I doubt it is for lack of trying to explain it. Do you understand the reasons folks want GMs to follow some rules, generally? If you grasp that, broadly, then the rest is fiddly commentary about where to draw lines, and what helps the GM do their job. Edit to add: a Douglas Adams reference...

I think you will find that many people, and games, do not take that position. Also in some cases (like Daggerheart) the GM-side metacurrency is not much about authorship rights, and is more about action economy or other game operations.

In some disciplines, I have seen the old-school answer of grades being based on work done in class, by hand, without devices.

Please do not tell me who is who in my own analogy. WE are the elders, meaning, older people, in general. The people you are pointing at are mountebanks, hucksters, and con artists, that again, we are supposed to provide critical thinking tools to defend against.

In the (Cortex engine) Leverage RPG, the flashback is there in part to allow you to split the party, but have other players still involved in your scene.

Legally? No. Copyright still applies.

Just started with Plur1bus, on AppleTV. Just two episodes in, and so far it is the most thought-provoking sci-fi I've seen in a long time. Note, that's not "best" - that's way too subjective. I mean that its premise provokes one to think.

That'd be an accurate assessment, but there's another element for you to consider, that actually ties into the setting and lore. Combat in Vampire isn't tactical, because the typical supernatural abilities of the participants are not human-scale. Vampires are typically so much stronger and...

That's not actually what I hate, but... Sorry, but since you are the one asserting this as evidence, no. You show us about the romance novel industry. If you have data, present it. If you don't, do not tell us we should go look for it for you.

Yes, but kids also love the idea of cake for breakfast. Doesn't mean it is good for them, or that their elders should let them have it regularly. :p

I want to follow up with an example, to make the point. Where I work, there's a top-down drive for AI tools. No mandate, but company leadership is trying to get workers to adopt tools, for some reason. So, there's a team developing tools for internal use. And, in a recent session in which...