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As an example: Fate, and the Fate Point Economy. In Fate, the player's ability to succeed is strongly influenced by their having Fate Points to spend. The primary way of the player getting Fate Points is by accepting when the GM Compels them, at which point the GM give the player a point, and...

Mod Note: How about you stop taking personal jabs at people, like, right now. Please and thanks.

Well, sure. But since we don't have a specific example, it becomes talking about a vague hypothetical, which doesn't seem constructive.

It might be, but players informally requesting things doesn't really qualify as a game mechanic, in my book.

While perhaps there's call for some wordsmithing for their cases, there are narrative mechanics for GMs as well.

I was using the real world point as support for the suggestion. Fantasy powers don't really change the logic. So, how many of those assassinations were instigated by an enemy in war efforts? Julius Caesar was killed by members of his own government. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated after...

I think a good broad description (if not definition) of a "narrative mechanic" is a mechanic in which someone at the table gets to choose how to more directly influence the narrative when they wouldn't otherwise do so. I don't really think typical critical successes and failures in D&D are...

In my professional work, I have found there to be two words that could use differentiation: "Complex" and "Complicated". A thing is "complicated" when there are many moving parts and details you must know to understand the operation. A mechanical clock, for example, is complicated - lots of...

Consider a locked door. The PCs want something in the room on the other side of the door. The PCs use Stone Shape to make a hole in the wall to pass through, rather than interact with the door. The door has been bypassed entirely. The presence of the door does not imply a specific plan by the...

In the real modern world, this is almost never done, because 1) Protection of the leader is pretty effective. 2) A leader who assassinates his opponents will soon see themselves assassinated. Leaders generally want other people to die in battle, and won't use tactics that put a target on their...

Yeah, but you're the one who was telling us how to experience it: the Sistine Chapel itself must be seen, Shakespeare must be performed. That is trying to preserve the experience - the one you feel is valuable. The art on the Sistine Chapel is great. o argument But the experience in the...

On Kickstarter? Citation needed.

No, not at all. Indeed, every project has language that product is NOT guaranteed. So, there is no legal recourse here. Paying for a kickstarter is not a purchase agreement. There is known and clearly stated risk. All backers were warned.

I think the point about Spanish translation makes sense there.

Yeah. "Arrived in" for places (large places, within geopolitical boundaries), like cities and states. "Arrived on" for islands or other geological features. "Arrived at" for time and small locations (Arrived at home, or at the park).

With respect, we do - LLMs don't "know" anything in the sense you or I do. A LLM is pretty much predictive text writ large. Your autocorrect doesn't understand ethics, or role playing, and neither does a LLM. It just presents what, based on prior examples, output would best match or fullfil...

Between this and at least one other post, it is time to mention - if you aren't going to treat others with respect, maybe just don't respond. Because the dismissive tone is starting to be a problem.

The generative AI comment i saw recently that is relevant... "If your business model requires breaking the law to be viable, you aren't in business. You are in organized crime."

Sure. The point is that there's no clear way to know what experience you really ought to preserve. You cannot preserve all possible experiences forever - that scope is too large for the resources available to apply to the work of preservation.

But... I found the Sistine Chapel to be annoyingly underwhelming. The problem with being "experiential" is that not everyone walks away with the same experience.