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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8639604" data-attributes="member: 16586">I'm not saying the numbers are pulled out of thin air (always). I am saying that is long as the numbers (or more importantly the setting's impact on the shared fiction) fit within that fairly wide acceptable range there is no way of telling why the fall where they fall. Fiat that comes from a disciplined attention to the GM's conception of the setting is still fiat. It's the sort of fiat that is needed to make exploration work - the GM is our window into the setting in exploratory play. Still fiat though.There is a world of difference between fits within an acceptable range and the sense of powerful expectation that comes from knowing that if you get that 6 in Blades in the Dark you are going to achieve your intent without a complication or that on a 10+ on go aggro in Apocalypse World the NPC will either give in or face the consequences. Night and day in terms of tension, immediacy and follow through.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 8639604, member: 16586"] I'm not saying the numbers are pulled out of thin air (always). I am saying that is long as the numbers (or more importantly the setting's impact on the shared fiction) fit within that fairly wide acceptable range there is no way of telling why the fall where they fall. Fiat that comes from a disciplined attention to the GM's conception of the setting is still fiat. It's the sort of fiat that is needed to make exploration work - the GM is our window into the setting in exploratory play. Still fiat though. There is a world of difference between fits within an acceptable range and the sense of powerful expectation that comes from knowing that if you get that 6 in Blades in the Dark you are going to achieve your intent without a complication or that on a 10+ on [I]go aggro[/I] in Apocalypse World the NPC will either give in or face the consequences. Night and day in terms of tension, immediacy and follow through. [/QUOTE]

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