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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 7440115" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>In a Quixotic attempt to re-unite strands of the thread...</p><p></p><p>If a player declares "My PC tries to sell the Bag of Holding", or "I go looking for someone who will sell me a Bag of Holding", then the DM's response will fall somewhere on the spectrum of railroad to sandbox.</p><p></p><p>Very railroad: "No. There is absolutely no way for you to do that. Don't ask again."</p><p>Moderate: "That's not gonna be easy, you know. You've never seen a Magic Item Shoppe."</p><p>Very sandbox: "Tell me more about how you go about that project."</p><p>Very co-creationist: "I haven't really thought yet about how that happens in this setting. Let's figure it out together. What have we established, so far, about the creation of magic items, and who already has them, and about trade?"</p><p></p><p>X: "How much of the session do we want to spend on whether that's possible, and if so, whether you can establish a favorable price? I've got a Big Fight prepped; if we spend more than an hour on downtime, then that bumps the Big Fight to next session. Is anyone other than Steve interested in this process? If not, then Steve, could we schedule a one-on-one, between regular sessions?"</p><p></p><p>I do not know a good name for X. Do you, Gentle Reader? Maybe "meta-aware"?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 7440115, member: 6786839"] In a Quixotic attempt to re-unite strands of the thread... If a player declares "My PC tries to sell the Bag of Holding", or "I go looking for someone who will sell me a Bag of Holding", then the DM's response will fall somewhere on the spectrum of railroad to sandbox. Very railroad: "No. There is absolutely no way for you to do that. Don't ask again." Moderate: "That's not gonna be easy, you know. You've never seen a Magic Item Shoppe." Very sandbox: "Tell me more about how you go about that project." Very co-creationist: "I haven't really thought yet about how that happens in this setting. Let's figure it out together. What have we established, so far, about the creation of magic items, and who already has them, and about trade?" X: "How much of the session do we want to spend on whether that's possible, and if so, whether you can establish a favorable price? I've got a Big Fight prepped; if we spend more than an hour on downtime, then that bumps the Big Fight to next session. Is anyone other than Steve interested in this process? If not, then Steve, could we schedule a one-on-one, between regular sessions?" I do not know a good name for X. Do you, Gentle Reader? Maybe "meta-aware"? [/QUOTE]
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