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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 8404118" data-attributes="member: 71699">A fighter walks through a 5' wide door into a room and pauses precisely 30 feet in. Behind an illusionary wall dividing the room are 30 magically frozen orcs, all of whom are precisely 60' from the door, who will unfreeze this very moment. The wall drops, the fighter and orcs see each other. Initiative is rolled. For any reason that suits us, the orcs sprint to the door first. There are only three squares adjacent to the door so only three orcs can reach them, the rest must extend into the room from the door, probably filling the squares between the fighter and the door.Your fiction caused trouble for you because it relied on part of the future turning out how you decided in advance. In-world, Han shot first... the fighter did waffle. Alas, that is what the die roll told us. Even if I assume a standing start, I can if I am willing include in my emergent fiction any explanation - a momentary freeze, a stumble, the fighter was distracted, or whatever - that passes it off. I can worry about whether the fighter ought to have moved a few squares, or I can accept it as a fair - but not precise - representation, and suspend disbelief."Ceci n'est pas une pipe." For me, that must always be borne in mind when interpreting the systems of symbols that we call games. The fighter is not a fighter. The squares are not locations in-world. There are no orcs.</blockquote>