Typically in most games, that would be too many pieces of information for a single resource spend. In that instance, it would more likely be that the story has already progressed about the escaped prisoner. Then something reveals that he's family (perhaps a resource spend) then later on, it would be another reveal that he was wrongly imprisoned.
Even in the movie these facts aren't revealed all at once. In a game, some of that information would have been from the GM, some might have come from the player. How it would play out in a game is purely hypothetical, but it's something that would be discovered through play and in the moment decisions, not an info dump all at once.
Close. I think I'm more arguing that the difference in narrative control between "old school" and "new school" D&D variants is minimal - less than the difference between individual GMs.
I've mentioned more narrative games before in this thread.
I'll agree there. "new school" D&D still feel "old school" to me, since it's based on how we played when I first started (in the 80s), and I've visited many schools since.
Just out of curiosity, what games have you played that use that kind of mechanic?
Just out of curiosity, what games have you played that use that kind of mechanic?
Fiasco, Fate, Houses of the Blooded, Universalis, Microscope, The Quiet Year
To varying degrees of player power.