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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 6097071" data-attributes="member: 98255">I fail to see that this is inherently or necessarily the case. Why is it impossible to play genre fiction that is grounded in reality?I'm not dismissing your approach; I'm suggesting that you're implying mutual exclusivity where there doesn't need to be any. And again, I fail to see how genre convention necessarily flies in the face of a "consistent and real" world sim.IMO, prior rulesets have put either too much emphasis on a good gaming experience relying on a "competent" GM (AD&D), or too much emphasis on the set of rules (3.x). Both those things are harder to find and balance than they sound.If that's the case, I think you're getting hung up on terminology, because I don't think that those two things are as unrelated as you seem to think.Again, I'm not dismissing your experience, I don't know why you keep saying this. I guess you've had the rare pleasure of never having to play with a "bad DM". Count yourself fortunate. I think putting everything in the DM's hands CAN work, I just think it's much more likely that it won't.You often frame your arguments in just that way though; implying that it is, for you and "a lot of players" the only way to True Immersion.Just like it was charged with judgement when you replied to it, I guess. I think it's hardly a moral issue, and not worth taking that seriously.</blockquote>