The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Deset Gled]

Meh. "Story trumps rules" and "rules trump story" are both wrong. Verisimilitude trumps story and rules.

I would generally go with "If you end up in a situation where story trumps rules or rules trumps story, you're probably not doing a very good job with one of them. Or both of them."

 

[RealAlHazred]

I think he rocks it fine enough

What constitutes verisimilitude is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Isn't that pretty much how many house rules are created?

Sure. But the important difference is that house rules are known by everyone, and ideally written down. They aren't at the mercy of just the GM remembering what he did the last time Situation X came up (and this can be all the worse when Situation X isn't really common).

 

[Thomas Shey]

I would generally go with "If you end up in a situation where story trumps rules or rules trumps story, you're probably not doing a very good job with one of them. Or both of them."

My usual feeling is that when that occurs, chances are there's a mismatch between the rules set chosen and what sort of stories you want to occur.

 

[payn]

RIP Rita Lee

 

[overgeeked]

One of the few perfect movies.

 

[Mad_Jack]

<sings> "When the dog bites... When the bee stings... These are a few of my favorite things..."

 

[RealAlHazred]

One of the few perfect movies.

"You will come out no more!"

 

[Asisreo]

When its gotten to the point that I'd rather not even correct something that's wrong on a reply to my own comments, you know its bad.

Like, real bad.

 

[trappedslider]

Well, that's one way to dodge the truth....