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Originally Posted by Stormcrow
That's not the dichotomy here. It's the difference between making decisions and letting the rules make decisions. If someone is holding a knife to someone else's throat and they cut, we all KNOW what the outcome will be. We don't need a rule to tell us what to do, a procedure to process. That's what that quote from the GURPS rules is saying.
This isn't a matter of "storytelling." It's about knowing the correct outcome to an action without the rules telling you what it is.
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Do we, though? I don't think we do. Not unless we're subscribing to a certain line of cinematic cliche, that is. Which you can do, but I decline.