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That's because they all are true-to-life examples. As for whether their bad DMIng, I think the first is absolutely. Using the DM's power to attempt to coerce a player or to dump an otherwise perfectly acceptable player is unwarranted. The other two depend strongly on player reaction. There...

And so long as the DM treats it as such, great! Those players that want that sort of buy-in get an opportunity and those that don't lose nothing. Some DMs don't treat it as such. I've had some DMs that claimed falsely that any player that didn't provide a background just wanted to be...

I agree about the writing trajectory. I think it is interesting that the writing stayed terrible under Whittaker, but changed how it was terrible. Moffat as showrunner seemed to be aiming for a much younger (pre-teen probably) demographic with little thought to plausibility or sense and a lot...

It was probably a CHAMPIONS campaign. A nasty bad-guy had placed about a dozen bombs around a shopping mall (with overlapping areas of effect) and the PCs screwed up taking him out before he could use his remote detonator. Each bomb had a ~91% chance of detonating (activate on 14 or less on...

For me, it depends very much on the game system/campaign. It's an obvious thing to do in Pendragon, Hero System, or the like since it is baked into the game. For D&D specifically, it'll depend on what the campaign is about more than anything. If the campaign is expected or "allowed" to be...

I really like Whittaker in the role. I think Yaz could be a good companion if given more screen time. I have little to no interest in the other two and their relationship. I also think each character is getting starved for screen time by all the others. I think there were some problematic...

You don't even need a specific story (unless your claim is every reasonable frame is the same story). Asking for vague things nets a small number of specific responses. The chance at least one (and preferentially multiple) submissions can be trivially modified to fit any particular...

Motive The prince hates the man. OK. Is there an actual motive for murder? No. State dinners often have actors that hate one another. Opportunity? Did the prince have access to the food? No. Servants did. Means? Can anyone tie the prince to acquiring said poison? No. Can the poison be...

So where's the frame? How does the stableboy actually present evidence the prince did it? You managed kind of plausible murder if the players pay no attention, but no frame.

So the LG paladin squire, head cleric of law, young impressionable stableboy, and flirty but wholesome maid that you get back are probably not that useful. There are literally hundreds or thousands of people that would fit the vague description. Very few meet your more specific needs. Even...

The big problem with just asking for any form of construction without context is there is an extremely good chance nothing you get will fit to purpose. If you really need a church, but ask for 4 random buildings, the 2 houses, outdoor shed, and lord's manor you receive are of no use. So you...

Here's the positioning: There were 6 PCs with mixed classes about 7-9th level with about the same number of henchmen a couple of levels lower. One of the PCs was trying to ingratiate himself with the royal family and working to court a younger daughter, The prince was partying cad. The family...

A law is an articulated observation that describes how things work in practice. A theory is a model of how things work. One tends to start with a law and develops a model that complies with it.

Yes, and? "How do we generate electricity?" "I find rubbing a glass rod with cat's fur generates a shocking charge. Hm, I prefer the rod of copper and rod of iron submerged in vinegar for long term generation." "Once we use it, does it replenish?" "Both of the techniques eventually wear out...

Personally, I like it when my investments grow in multiples of 100%! Percentages greater than 100 are very very definitely a thing! Disagreement at 1000% simply means he disagrees 10 times more vehemently than previous measured. Wow he really disagrees with you!

Logic like that is unarguable!

Yes. Universal affirmatives can only be partially converted. All heifers are cows, but not all cows are heifers! Obvious, one would think!

From Oxford: low verb /ləʊ/ /ləʊ/ [intransitive] (literary) Verb Forms when a cow lows, it makes a deep sound edit Sneaky! You changed your quibble between when I read it and managed to hit reply! Sneaky! edit2 Or maybe it's because I mis-clicked and quoted the wrong person originally?

Some cases are completely obvious. When the mage managed to actually escape a dangerous regio noting he needed to roll at least an 8 on his d10 and the next player over said "Really? Do it again!" and played a Second Chance card -- what was happening was obvious. But when the negotiation with...

And did the cow really moo or did it low? The typical sound is really a low. Moo is relegated to distress!