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Hack n slash, slash n hack, dungeon crawl, dungeon walk, dungeon run, dungeon hack n slash - all the possible playstyles

Oh, I know full well you're going to reject them out of hand no matter what they say, which is why I won't be providing them

OK

? The text was perfectly clear that it was a hypothetical. Did you miss the preceding part that went 'If I said'?

Pemerton didn't say that as a position, rather as a hypothetical to show how insulting the equivalent ('improbable nonsense') is.

I posted several examples in the thread we are now re-litigating

It was clear from the backgrounds thread that it's a skill issue. Some people could spontaneously and easily think of ways a noble might get themselves an invite from the hobgoblin court, or a sailor might use their common experience to make friends with a sailor from a different culture. Other...

A sleeve of wizards A brawl of fighters A range of rangers (sorry)

I'm not sure this means anything.

The challenge isn't just (or even mainly) on the GM. Note also that many of theses abilities are more like 'you can make new contacts by virtue of your transferrable skills' than 'you know everyone in the world'.

You'd be surprised by how much of this I am on board with, but these are session zero or game rule preferences. The conversation was about players or GMs coming up with plausible justifications for uses of abilities.

You could just compound probabilities i.e. you need to roll a 10 on a d10 six times in a row

Such as?

Is that what you're rolling to resolve?

If the only difference is that I accept things that you do not, then yes it does mean lower.

Is the implication meant to be that, essentially, me and my group have lower standards about what's plausible or acceptable?

The challenge is that myself and I expect hawkeye can often come up with plausible, appropriate reasons.

That's a good one. I was also thinking a lot of people (possibly all people) are heavily swayed by cultural and familial pressures and their own perception of how they fit in with (or rebel against) them. 'I'm a good son and this is what my duty is'. 'I'm ultimately selfish and I deserve the...

I think lots of people actually do do this

Oofta good sir I have never agreed with you more