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I can absolutely see simple failure as being a critical component of game play where the intent is to apply constraints through the game...

No, it's just a constant mantra of going back to the premise of this thread which at least I enjoy doing. If the 5.24 guidance has...

You're on a discussion board on the internet posting specific reasons that you seem to have identified on why you find a style of play...

Player: Hey… can I have gathered herbs while we were traveling from Luskan to Neverwinter? GM: Sure, you’d have had plenty of time...

A) I was trying to communicate how the game I run the most tries to address those concerns/points you raised, such that it avoids...

Right. This is why, upthread, I posted this: As you say, if the dice are only being rolled when interesting things can happen either...

You said it was it's implausible that something interesting happens every time we roll the dice. I responded with why in Stonetop, we...

Get a new repair man.

My Stonetop campaign went for over two years. Biweekly sessions, so probably wound up at 65ish sessions. Great game.

Perhaps even in systems that have "Be a fan of the characters" written in their Agenda... You know how in D&D the classic line is "Are...

I guess my question is, do you think it's helpful to think of DMing terms of "stances"? Because I'm not really seeing the obvious...

That’s all fine. My point is not that anyone has to like this approach… it was that your characterization of it was inaccurate. There’s...

Let's recast this a bit: when I run Stonetop, we roll the dice because we are doing something interesting, there's an obstacle of some...

I'm not sure how you think giving examples of bad narration shows that good narration isn't possible.

I just found this on DnDBeyond: The Social Contract of Adventures You must provide reasonably appealing reasons for characters to...