darkbard
Legend
Bold emphasis mine.
I agree with you, but here is the rub, [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION] does not as per his OP. He does not even make that concession that someone could engage in a literary endeavour for their RPGing.
This is the issue [MENTION=6799753]lowkey13[/MENTION] has been highlighting for a while.
You are correct that [MENTION=6799753]lowkey13[/MENTION] keeps asserting this. But you are both wrong in your characterization of [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION]'s position. Many times now he has articulated that all things being equal, literary presentation can improve the quality of a game, but that caveat requires that the core activity of TRPGing be not in the presentation itself but in the invitation to meaningful engagement of the situation on the part of the PCs, that at its heart the issue is not performance but framing situations that invite protagonism.
I'm sure pemerton will correct me if I have inadvertendly mischaracterized his position.