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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 8992795" data-attributes="member: 71699">I do agree that D&amp;D is by design DM-curated. I don't yet agree that a single canonical way to run a game is the most important part of every RPG design. Which is to say that I can see value in designs that leave much up to the group. Many groups are capable of - and even enjoy - deciding their own way to run an RPG. I also see strong value in RPG designs that include principles for a canonical way to run them: articulating that which some groups have in mind when they play, to put in mind for all groups, is good design when it matters to you that the RPG is played just that way.As others have argued in other places where there is ambiguity as to outcome, DM decisions are constrained. If one believes that isn't true, try DMing a game and making truly unconstrained decisions! Additionally, in the 5e game text holistically, approach (what player says) and consequences (what player and DM says) are in view up front. No check is made, unless it is meaningful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 8992795, member: 71699"] I do agree that D&D is by design DM-curated. I don't yet agree that a single canonical way to run a game is the most important part of every RPG design. Which is to say that I can see value in designs that leave much up to the group. Many groups are capable of - and even enjoy - deciding their own way to run an RPG. I also see strong value in RPG designs that include principles for a canonical way to run them: articulating that which some groups have in mind when they play, to put in mind for all groups, is good design [I]when it matters to you that the RPG is played just that way[/I]. As others have argued in other places where there is ambiguity as to outcome, DM decisions are constrained. If one believes that isn't true, try DMing a game and making truly unconstrained decisions! Additionally, in the 5e game text holistically, approach (what player says) and [I]consequences[/I] (what player and DM says) are in view up front. No check is made, unless it is meaningful. [/QUOTE]

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