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No? Because in any other system that would involve monster hunters in a modern-day supernatural setting, the PCs would be the focus of...

Well, let’s just look at the cook example. Trad folks are advocating for the character’s action to have no effect. Nothing happens...

Because PbtA games are about the PCs, not about NPCs.

So, in games were intent is meaningful, I expect two things. That the intention is the character's diegetic intent and not the player's...

Because I like characters to have explicit Flags on their sheet we can look at to challenge in play, I’ve asked my players to make one...

The mechanics might support it, but the player principles don't. It isn't a GM (NOT DM) issue, it is a player issue because DH...

If you haven’t seen it before check out Azgaar’s. There’s also Procgen. Both great resources for quick and easy maps generation.

No, you've seen plenty of clarifications on fail forward in this thread. Or at least, I would have expected you to... many were in...

I don't think it's all that important a distinction, but for me it's about who determines the premises we're exploring through play...

And the 2024 one tries at least somewhat and is soundly rejected by some as a result. Literally a chunk of the theme of the OP.

To be fair, the 5e(2014) DMG is awful. It's not so much a dungeon master's guide as it is a world builder's guide. There's no guidance...

I do think that more tables could probably benefit from the GM utilising more passive checks, automatic success/failure, etc. Take 10...

My original post was a “I don’t think the game is designed for the sort of attritional gameplay and why would you bother.” Got 3...

I think you could do that, and the first time you did it might be kind of interesting (and it might work if deployed very occasionally...

It's incredible how misconceptions still abound for basic things about 4e.