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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8158019" data-attributes="member: 42582">I suggest that you reread the actual play examples from Prince Valiant and Burning Wheel, plus my post not far upthread.Also, here are two salient moves from Dungeon World:Spout Lore When you consult your accumulated knowledge about something, roll+Int. ✴On a 10+, the GM will tell you something interesting and useful about the subject relevant to your situation. ✴On a 7–9, the GM will only tell you something interesting—it’s on you to make it useful. The GM might ask you “How do you know this?” Tell them the truth, now. Discern Realities When you closely study a situation or person, roll+Wis. ✴On a 10+, ask the GM 3 questions from the list below. ✴On a 7–9, ask 1. Either way, take +1 forward when acting on the answers. • What happened here recently? • What is about to happen? • What should I be on the lookout for? • What here is useful or valuable to me? • Who’s really in control here? • What here is not what it appears to be?Notice how these action declarations, if successful, oblige the GM to establish some fiction that satisfies certain constraints. Eg on a 10+ result for Spouting Lore, the GM has to tell you something interesting and useful. Perhaps the GM tells you that in your study of architecture you learned that there is a secret way into this place.When you ask one of the Discern Realities questions, the GM is obliged to provide an answer. Perhaps the useful thing, when you've come to a dead end, is the secret way through the wall.The GM, in providing these answers, is not expected to be using map-and-key processes. S/he is expected to make stuff up having reference to his/her prep, which in DW doesn't take the form of map-and-key but rather mostly takes the form of establishing certain sources of adversity ("fronts"). S/he is also expected to make the stuff up having regard to the principle and agenda that govern the GM's role. These include asking questions and acting on the answers - so eg the GM is quite entitled to ask What would be useful and then base his/her narration on the answer provided by the player.That's why, upthread, I have characterised the role of the GM in Dungeon World and Apocalypse World (which is broadly similar in this respect) as including taking suggestions.</blockquote>

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