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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8339141" data-attributes="member: 42582">This is exactly what I said - the player asking the GM. If that's what you mean by player-driven, well fair enough. But to me that's still GM-driven: the GM is deciding and curating the content of the shared fiction.You also refer to a lengthy investigation. You don't actually say how that would be resolved in play, but I get the strong impression that it is to be resolved by a whole lot of further askings of the GM by the player.I chose this particular example because it is something that <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/burning-wheel-actual-play.673872/" target="_blank">I've actually done in play</a>, using Burning Wheel as the system and Circles as the mechanic for resolving the action declaration I hope to meet my brother. This sort of contrast between D&amp;D and some other systems is why I think, when it comes to D&amp;D (or at least 5e D&amp;D), a discussion of best practices would begin by advising the GM that they need to have a good chunk of fiction ready to go. Because the game has no processes for introducing new elements into the fiction other than the GM doing it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8339141, member: 42582"] This is exactly what I said - [I]the player asking the GM[/I]. If that's what you mean by player-driven, well fair enough. But to me that's still GM-driven: the GM is deciding and curating the content of the shared fiction. You also refer to a [I]lengthy investigation[/I]. You don't actually say how that would be resolved in play, but I get the strong impression that it is to be resolved by a whole lot of further [I]askings of the GM by the player.[/I] I chose this particular example because it is something that [url=https://www.enworld.org/threads/burning-wheel-actual-play.673872/]I've actually done in play[/url], using Burning Wheel as the system and Circles as the mechanic for resolving the action declaration [I]I hope to meet my brother[/I]. This sort of contrast between D&D and some other systems is why I think, when it comes to D&D (or at least 5e D&D), a discussion of best practices would begin by advising the GM that they need to have a good chunk of fiction ready to go. Because the game has no processes for introducing new elements into the fiction other than the GM doing it. [/QUOTE]

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