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So, when magical pixies cause the character to fall or succeed that climb check, that's 100% in keeping with sim play because the DM says it? Since the DM cannot be wrong, then any narration I choose must be right. Does make running sim games really, really easy I suppose.

Not true. You could easily have succeeded because of helpful pixies. Again, the system in no way gives any indication of how a result was achieved. You succeeded because a friendly air spirit gave you a boost up and you climbed the wall. Again, nothing in the mechanics invalidates that...

There are two problems I see with this. The first is a slight mis-statement on your part. I did not say that FKR GM's must be above average. I said they must be experts in their field. And and FKR GM can only run games in their field of expertise. That's the weakness of the system. Sure...

See, that's the point. There's nothing in the mechanics that necessitates that. I mean, how does a skill check make my rope break? What sharp edge? How did my skill check add a sharp edge to a rock that cut my rope? You have repeatedly stated that skill checks cannot add or change the game...

Absolutely. The character is interesting. Who plays the character? Who cares? So long as they do a good job. I most certainly don't think that any character MUST ONLY be played by a single actor. Let's get a new Luke and Han Solo. Why not? Does not bother me at all.

Meh. Maybe I just happened to be reading the wrong part of the Internet. That's entirely possible. It just seemed like I hit a bunch of stuff about people kvetching about recasting roles and it stuck with me. I have zero problems with a new actor playing Tony Stark. It really wouldn't...

Company called Living Imagination. It's still available in print and pdf. FANTASTIC books if you love age of sail. But seriously, seriously crunchy.

So, because the DM is free to narrate anything he or she pleases to justify any result that the mechanics give you, that makes it simulationist? Seriously? You keep harping on about FKR. FKR REQUIRES an expert judge. Unless you are claiming that D&D also requires an expert judge, then your...

True. But, when they recast Harrison Ford in the last Falcon movie, people bitched about it. That's the part I don't understand. It's not like Harrison Ford doesn't look the part of Thunderbolt Ross.

I always find it kind of weird that some characters get so tied up in specific actors. For example, I saw a headline that Hank Pym of Marvel, played by Michael Douglas, will be retired out of the movies because Mr. Douglas won't play him any more. Why does this matter? I've seen half a dozen...

Yeah, the ones that have been around for a decade or more and have like 30 posts? Always gotta wonder whose sock puppet they are.

I got asked if I thought simulation doesn't exist in RPG's. And it did remind me that I have tried to drift D&D into sim territory in the past. I'm a HUGE age of sail nerd. I LOVE the idea of piracy and ship combat in D&D. I SOOOO want to do it. So, back in the 3e days, I picked up a...

I learned today I was on someone's ignore list and I have no idea who they are.

No. All it needs is some sort of connection directly linking the mechanics to the narrative. Doesn't have to be realistic. Doesn't have to be anything really. The mechanics must simply connect to the game world to be simulationist. The shield/AC example is a really good one actually. It...

Really? Success is always a good performance? Or could it simply be the audience is more receptive? Or could it be other factors? Is a success ALWAYS a good performance? Is failure ALWAYS caused by the performer? Or could there be a poor audience member/loud drunk heckler, etc? There's...

See, now this I agree would be the mechanics providing a tiny kernel of information to guide the narrative. Makes my simulationist heart go pitter pat. ((Heh, you should see my preferred ship combat rules for D&D ((Broadsides!!)) - no one will play with me because it's FAR too into the sim...

Sorry, clicked respond on the first part without reading the rest, but, this point needs addressing? In what way would you possibly think that I think that? I've pointed to many, many different games which provide some information about why things succeed or fail. The provide basic elements...

Again, ANY. Any information. Not all, not every, but, at the very least, ANY information. And no, it is not hard to see. There are thousands of games out there that do exactly that. Games with things like Parry and Dodge rolls, hit locations, more granular skill checks, there's a thousand...

Sigh. Again, for the umpteenth time. A game becomes simulative when it provides ANY actual information about how a result was achieved. ANY. Not every, which is the strawman that keeps getting repeated over and over again. ANY. Is that absolutely clear. Do I need to explain it further? A...

/edit to add BTW, @clearstream - the way you narrated the falling damage is exactly the same way I would do it. Totally fine. But, I'm not the one claiming that D&D is sim based. Does not bother me in the least that the game world morphs based on die results. That's perfectly fine AFAIC...