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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 7344753" data-attributes="member: 6698278"><p>Sorry to quote everything but I’m on my phone. </p><p></p><p>Agency over the underlying world beyond the character is reserved to the GM. If there is an important map to be found I as GM know where it’s at. It can’t be found anywhere else. That is true of most major things. When though it’s something I hadn’t considered then I figure out a DC based on knowledge of the world and the player can roll for it. But such a thing would be central to the game only by happenstance. </p><p></p><p>Here is the thing. I want my players to feel like the world is a real place and they are their characters in that place. It’s why verisimilitude is so important to us. Far more than most groups. It’s also why in the past I’ve argued against dissociative mechanics. It’s that important to me. As soon as the world feels fake I’m out. I’m that way about movies and books as well. Not everyone is like me so no worries. Do as you like. I know why I do what I do though and it does matter to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 7344753, member: 6698278"] Sorry to quote everything but I’m on my phone. Agency over the underlying world beyond the character is reserved to the GM. If there is an important map to be found I as GM know where it’s at. It can’t be found anywhere else. That is true of most major things. When though it’s something I hadn’t considered then I figure out a DC based on knowledge of the world and the player can roll for it. But such a thing would be central to the game only by happenstance. Here is the thing. I want my players to feel like the world is a real place and they are their characters in that place. It’s why verisimilitude is so important to us. Far more than most groups. It’s also why in the past I’ve argued against dissociative mechanics. It’s that important to me. As soon as the world feels fake I’m out. I’m that way about movies and books as well. Not everyone is like me so no worries. Do as you like. I know why I do what I do though and it does matter to me. [/QUOTE]
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