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Old 05-01-2021, 01:29 PM   #34
Stormcrow
 
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Default Re: How to Be a GURPS GM: Managing Expectations

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
Yes, if "plausible" means "My character can do the things I imagine them being capable of."
No, in this context it means "the outcomes you would expect to see in the real world are what happen in the game world." Kromm uses the example: "being hit by a deadly weapon causes pain, incapacity, and possibly death."

Your character being able to do what you imagine they can do isn't what it means because you can imagine implausible, cinematic things they should be able to do. ("Critical hit to the vitals? Bah, that's just a flesh wound!")
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