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This is a HUGE thing in my games. So many gamers think rules, rule interpretations, House Rules, The Agreement, and what "everyone does" are universal. It's bad enough when some players think things like "I never keep track of stuff, I just say my character has whatever and 'pop' they do"...

Yes, as said, I'm unwilling to stop the game every couple of minutes and tell the players things their character knows. I'm not a fan of just telling players endless lore. I would much rather have the PCs talk to a local druid for ten minutes then just have me as a DM tell four players what...

The most obvious TV show would be: Sliders. For the first two seasons a character will say "Einstein-Rosen Bridge" about every other episode. It does come up in most sci fi tv shows and movies starting in the 90's. It comes up often enough in both Stargate and Farscape. Wormholes are...

Sure, but not the same thing. Okay? Well, it never happens in my game. Sure. And I have no problem with it. Though I draw the line at other times. I'm not willing to sit around waiting for a player the "find something". My game is not for everyone. It's not impossible, but it is so rare...

Well, to me, if I'm just reading off dry information, I'm not playing the game. Maybe not every rule...only like most of them. I would never, ever pause the game to look something up. I really hate DMs or players that pause games and take minutes or hours to "look something up" during a game...

I'm sure they don't count RPG items as "books".

Maybe sometimes, but often they are combined. Well, Harsh is in the Title. No. My real problem here is the DM involvement. A player character can use strength to do something, I don't have to stop the game and explain to the player the right way to lift with their knees. But when the player...

Well, maybe for some context.... If your a new player in one of my games, my harsh house rule is that your character will be a Clueless Berk. So, I do recommend that you pick that type of character to play. If a player wants to play a more knowledgeable character, I am happy to provide...

True. Though sadly this is a lot of players. Sure people can forget things: but if they have notes, well not so much. Sure, this would be great.

Typically....but not always. A great many people do not know a great amount of stuff. Well, using strength in an RPG is an action covers by the rules. So the players can just use the rules. For fun. I'm fine with the character knowing all the lore the players do. So if a player knows a lot...

Oh, well my point is Role Playing is about playing the role...acting...as a fictional character. Quite often the character can do things the player can't. But the player is the one in control. The character might be a 41 year old trench veteran from the Second Inhuman War: but the player...

Ok, then we agree. Character Death is NOT one of a group of equal bad failure types.

So it is NOTHING like all those other "failures" that are said to be just as bad? Sure sounds like Character Death is on a super high pedestal far about all those other types of failure.

This is most often true. I guess this would only come up in a typical RPG if you were playing with an actor? Well, if Mark was to play a Star Wars RPG as the character Luke Skywalker, then that character could use the Force.

Except it is not. Character Death is special. When it's said to just be one of many types of failure....it's odd that it is STILL opposed. Like if a DM was to say "this game will have 25 of the other ultimate failure types, plus character death", there are players that will complain and not...

The Role Playing "like acting".

It is a challenge. This is even more of a challenge. As DM I will recommend a player does not attempt to play a character smarter then they are unless they have deep role playing experience. No?

The player must play their character to learn things and figure out things in the game.

Most of my House Rules are Harsh and made that way. A big part of the intent is for a player to read them and not play in the game. Some examples: *I run a game for the player to do and figure out things...not the character. *In general, unless your character discovers or figures something...

Love of system mastery and the fair gamers sure are common gamers. After all they come from the ranks of video, card, wargame players and the board game, classic game, sports players. Though note both groups have the same mindset of success only under absolute rules. And this is a big break...