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I mean… I’m not sure how that is still unclear.

But in a rules discussion that’s about bot doing things the way they’ve always been done, I would expect homebrewing to be a big factor. And this is what I’ve been talking about. Other ways to do things in D&D besides the ways they’ve always been done. You always only roll for checks every...

Yes, I think this was the point. You can role-play a character however you decide to. There can’t really be a faithful or unfaithful version of it… it’s entirely up to you. This was about how Beliefs work in Burning Wheel. The game doesn’t require you or expect you to define your character’s...

So you’d be okay with it if the players didn’t find it unimmersive? I didn’t say it didn’t apply to anyone else. Clearly, I intended it to apply to some folks. Ones I’ve observed. Including me… it’s something I did quite a bit. Is it something you do? I have no idea. I never directed the...

I never said this applies to you. I said it’s something I’ve observed. You continue to read things into my posts that are not there. I’ve pointed it out several times. Please stop doing that. This is the post to which I was replying: This to me reads as if it’s meant to be true of all...

No one said anything about being interrupted. The scenario was that the thief made enough noise while picking a lock that the cook heard it. When the thief opens the door, there’s the cook. As for RAW, if you haven’t caught on, I don’t care what RAW says. Yea, it’s not written in the very...

The reason why the lock pick attempt might be louder on a failed roll is very simple; it’s because one way to fail at lockpicking would be to make such a racket that you attract attention. That you may not like this idea for some reason does not mean it makes no sense. But the players are...

No, there’s plenty of legacy elements of D&D I like just fine. But there are parts of the game that have changed, and parts that have stayed the same. Some of those parts that stayed the same probably should have changed when other parts changed, but didn’t. And those unchanged parts can...

Yeah, it is surprising. For the same reason that the GM needs to come up with stuff on the fly… because you can’t come up with everything ahead of time. Even a 50 page backstory can’t encompass all the details of a fictional life. Exactly. There’s a lot in modern D&D (both in the products and...

Sure. I just expect that there's no game that has it all done before play. The players don't have every detail about their characters and their history worked out before the first session, and the GM hasn't fully detailed the entire world and all its NPCs. It seems that Develop in Play as you...

See this is the kind of thing I have come to expect (in my own games) to come up quite a bit during play. The idea that a player would know all this about the character before play even started is surprising to me. This has been how my group has handled it since we moved on from more...

I don't think that RAW comments on how loud a failed lock pick attempt is versus a successful one. I think that's more in the "rulings not rules" category, which seems perfectly suited to his kind of situation. Why do you think the timing matters in this way? And what's the difference between...

Well, for me... I had asked you about your random encounter process oh a hundred pages back or so, and you never really answered. Because as described, it seems just as "quantum" as any other roll. And I don't think it matters how many times you or @AlViking say it, I think there is clearly a...

Bingo!

Or, when someone explains why they don't mean something in a disparaging way, we can maybe try to view it that way? I mean, I'm fine with everyone using whatever language they feel makes sense to talk about what they're talking about. If I think someone has something wrong, I'll say so and...

I’m just saying… if you think everyone needs to adjust their chosen language based on the feelings of others, then you have a strange way of showing it.

Earlier in the thread, you used the word "quantum" to describe a play style that you don't like. Others expressed frustration with that term to describe their style, and explained why they did not feel it was appropriate or accurate. You then continued to use it, insisting that it was correct...

I’m only aware of one person not getting it!

That’s a rather quantum opinion you have!

I'm saying that playing pretend is typically associated with children. However, I don't consider that comparison to be negative. There are plenty of things children do that I think adults would be wise to remember. Not if you don't think that the word childish is itself disparaging. Or, he...