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That's precisely the problem though; I want the player to force events to unfold in a desired way. If the game can always continue from...

Meanwhile knowing that there is something beyond the door has unique character is one of the things I enjoy. :)

I think this is where I start to lose interest in a lot of new systems, and maybe where I diverge from much of the conversation that...

Personally, I generally just don't run games where single point of failure is a concept that makes sense on a campaign level. No one...

In a recent session, the players just decided to have an in-character campfire chat about morality and when it's ok to utilize lethal...

I would suggest that it would be much more reasonable to say that, "a GM prioritising the same sort of pacing and the same types of...

First off, I'm not sure there are as many of those as you're implying. I think a pretty fair number are looking for "I get what I want...

I think you're missing that to some people "This roll does nothing and is boring" is still superior to "If I make this roll something...

Yes, pacing matters in every play style, but that’s not the issue here. What matters is how pacing is handled, and that’s one of several...

Oh, I'm aware. I just think some people, particularly in the PbtA adjacent sphere, don't understand how much the baked in "complication...

Whether giving those unused elements standing in the fiction is valid or not depends on the playstyle agreed upon before play began...

Illusions can indeed be tricky. At my table I've expanded upon the ambiguous points and rough edges of the illusion rules as follows...

By these definitions, my games are closer to Lego sandbox. Or, maybe a Lego sandbox within an open sandbox? I don’t actually limit my...

I mean, I would argue that the trouble with "natural language" is that the way people actually use language naturally, very little (if...

It's not the caster being blinded that alters the fear spell. It's the target being blinded. If you cannot see the thing you're afraid...