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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...

I don't know, at this point it just feels like it becomes a catch all, if Tolkien's statement is in support of simulationism, then anything can be classified as simulationist, including Permerton's examples of his PBtA play. E.g. that lightning strike one that seemed to cause debate whether...

I think it is ironic when talking about consistency, given the Lord of the Rings led to a fairly major retcon of the Hobbit, one of the things that makes the first edition of the Hobbit so valuable. I just don't see Tolkien's statement as a lead in to simulationism, I can see it as a lead into...

I thought Hasbro bought WOTC in 1999 or the like.

I don't know, my style of games is a lot more like yours / Maxpersons I think, and indeed about to run Shadow of the Dragon Queen, very much an adventure that is going to pull events out of left field for the characters / de-protagonise them, but I can see that the OP seems very good for getting...

To my mind where confusion is is that you're suggesting in prior post that E will grow as the set of S's grows, whereas Loverdrive's definition suggests that isn't the case - E is already all encompassing - so for me it is like a great big Fog of War, where the various S's in existance are...

I read some Manga, mainly Pokemon and Junji Ito, one because I like the franchise / setting as such, the other as I like some good weird horror type stories, and Junji Ito is very good at those, planning to try Kazuo Umezu as well at some point. Tried Attack on Titan, was pretty good but quite...

Have talked about the other cities of Gondor, but on Arnor, named large settlements at least / potential cities are Annuminus, Fornost, Tharbad and Lond Daer.