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I feel that that is accurate, though reserve right to change my mind if you point out some flaws in my thinking :) Having in my head the background information (or detailed in notes in some instances) does help me work out the responses to actions the players undertake. Doesn't always work, as...

When I used to run sandbox games, it was a bit of both - enjoying the reveal of certain things, and enjoying the output of the imagination, even if I only divulged the outcomes of what I imagined, or kept the motives for NPC actions hidden, they enjoyed the experience of seeing it in action. One...

To me, there is quite a bit of difference - in the sandbox version the customer has achieved what they set out to do - they wanted to go over there, and they got over there. In the module, they wanted to go over there, and they didn't get there, they were bounced back. For a module - next step...

For me ultimately it comes down to the aliens feeling more alien, vs the predators feeling more human like / more like many other sci fi stories, especially once get beyond the first movie that maintains a fair bit of mystery for most of it. I still enjoy many of the other predator movies, but...

Wow, I guess you can't have an Adventure and a casual jokesy time at same time, I need to question all my RPG decisions...

To be fair, I think talking at slight cross purposes - HaT triggered a 25 million write down for Hasbro as didn't do as well as they expected at box office (which does counter some early reporting around HaT doing better than expected). I think Bedir is stating that while that 25 million hit...

When I think on it further (always a dangerous thing), I can see there are two levels of player agency occurring, out of game and in game. The first, out of game, I see most people (Except perhaps the OP, and others in the forum that seem to feel 5e gives too much in game player agency) giving...

Yeah, agree with this, I think would help Pemerton's cause if could come up with a less loaded term.

I don't think that you are being judged here, Pemerton has made clear in the past what they consider railroad play (it doesn't match my definition, but that's okay) - and so what they are saying here is that they know which sorts of game they would prefer to play vs not play. That isn't...

maybe my follow up post gives better clarity, I've tried for B to be on same line at least, A yes I think isn't quite on same line, but then I think D isn't either. I'm trying for B and C to be on same line, with differing tables having differing willingness to accept less likely outcomes - I...

Possibly, maybe I'm looking for some other term that may be less loaded, possibly something to do with degrees of chance / likelihood, with A being that as far as DM is concerned, there is one outcome that will be considered, B may be something like something with at least say 30% chance of...

Feels like there should be a poll or something for people to put where they ultimately stand, something like: A: A feature only works if the DM has allowed in their setting / background notes for such a feature to work ahead of time B: A feature works if the DM sees a reasonably plausible...

Hi all, for those who are fans of 4e, and may be missing some books that want to get hands on, there is a local store near me in NZ that has quite a lot of 4e books (still in wrap) that I always feel a bit sad seeing whenever I go in, as been pretty much sitting there since 4e days. Hence...

I think that's fair, though other side may say similar about certain parts, but doesn't help when we describe 'sides' when they aren't unified, you and Oofta talk about plausabilities etc / what may be possible, when another poster talks about only the most reasonable, and on the other 'side'...

But I don't see that any of what Pemerton or Hawkeyefan have presented as being literally inexplicable either, they are just items where someone has to come up with the explanation. Also, the poster didn't say just 'reasonable', but 'most reasonable', and are the examples Pemerton presented...

I don't believe the options presented by Pemerton were intended to be around the noble background, but to the prior poster's comment of 'most reasonable' outcome - that the above events / outcomes weren't the most reasonable outcome of a situation, not that they weren't reasonable at all. I...

A quote from an earlier post: 'looking for a reason to say no either, we just take the reason we see as the most reasonable one in the circumstances' As Pemerton says, can a bunch of misfits (Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas) with no real proof of heritage, be able to convince a noble to give them...

I would say that if Hawkeyefan is pushing one true way intentionally or not, then the same is for yourself and Maxperson, around how all these options other people are presenting are 'not reasonable'. And so one true way is for it to only be 'reasonable'. I don't think this is your intent...

From one thread title, all I could think of was 'you must gather information before venturing forth'.

I just fundamentally disagree that Tolkien is describing a technique, what he is describing it appears is what all authors describing new worlds are striving for - to make a world as such that a reader is swept into, feels immersed in, rather than feeling that just reading something. It isn't a...