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@thefutilist When it comes to engaging with a Narrativist agenda in mixed play I do miss transparent resolution somewhat but that's...

For me, this can vary a bit. In my Prince Valiant game, what you describe in your second paragraph fits: the PC knights step onto the...

The second sentence is true if, when the GM is GMing, they use your favoured methods. But when I GM, generally I get to experience...

The Normal Vampire has to Bite; the Head Vampire is so much more powerful they can drain away your essence just by being near you! Also...

I get to experience the story we create in the moment every time I sit down to run any of my games. I quite often truly have no idea...

Im looking forward to running DH for the group I have that's currently playing through the fairly optimistic Forged in teh Dark game...

So, for me, I like that when I'm the MC of Apocalypse World that I am not in charge of how things go. I like that I'm more of a...

I agree that it's a bit much but I think the purpose is because they're figuring some people entirely new to RPGs and maybe not great at...

Ohh that's a good framing! Yeah, this. This is why I ask questions of the players and the world and leave where that's going to go open...

Right. The illusion of geography is similar to - not necessarily identical to, depending on details of how the illusion is established...

They're closely related. That's why I generally prefer RPGing where the players exercise a degree of control over what scenes are...

I think that saying "when you author the scene and then put the pen down for the player's to pick up, you've written the start of...

Ah, yeah, I forgot about the stuff that boosts Evasion.

From the book:

One can also argue that 4e's X encounter and Y daily powers prepared are also one of the inspirations behind the vault and the five...