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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7630835" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>Why are you assuming that there is no game system? I've posted many such examples in this thread: Prince Valian special effects; Marvel Heroic RP/Cortex+ Heroic emotional stress and complications; the example from AW; etc.</p><p></p><p>And in some systems, maybe the GM can narrate it by fiat if it follows naturally from what has gone before, just as in (say) Moldvay Basic the GM can narrate that the PC falls down a bit without calling for a roll if that is what follows naturally from what has gone before.</p><p></p><p>There are so many variations possible that I'm not going to list them all. I'm assuming that a reader can bring to bear his/her familiarity with the way various RPGs provide vaious ways for participants to establish true descriptions of various character's actions.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the player made a check and failed, and this is the narration of the failure by the GM.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the system is Dying Earth, and the player failed an appropriate resistance check for his/her PC.</p><p></p><p>That's the point of the OP, to invite reflection on the various sorts of descriptions of action that might be narrated, and the various ways in which this might be done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 7630835, member: 42582"] Why are you assuming that there is no game system? I've posted many such examples in this thread: Prince Valian special effects; Marvel Heroic RP/Cortex+ Heroic emotional stress and complications; the example from AW; etc. And in some systems, maybe the GM can narrate it by fiat if it follows naturally from what has gone before, just as in (say) Moldvay Basic the GM can narrate that the PC falls down a bit without calling for a roll if that is what follows naturally from what has gone before. There are so many variations possible that I'm not going to list them all. I'm assuming that a reader can bring to bear his/her familiarity with the way various RPGs provide vaious ways for participants to establish true descriptions of various character's actions. Maybe the player made a check and failed, and this is the narration of the failure by the GM. Maybe the system is Dying Earth, and the player failed an appropriate resistance check for his/her PC. That's the point of the OP, to invite reflection on the various sorts of descriptions of action that might be narrated, and the various ways in which this might be done. [/QUOTE]
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