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Ok, I'd say it's useless without providing amplification and context. "Play like this breaks my personal immersion because..." "when I'm...

Yeah, and there's at least two sides of "paint the scene" (link to the excellent blog about this technique), right? There's "here's a...

Quoted these takes for being excellent examples of personal immersion to show its absolutely not a useless term. To the contrary of...

They should consider putting that on the front cover.

For the players who enjoy it, I wouldn't describe it as work. It's more like a creative opportunity. Keep in mind that this is a fairly...

I prefer it because it helps my immersion. Having to ask the DM for every little detail of what my character would be seeing right in...

I never understood the immersion discussion. For me immersion is not a sign of quality of TTRPG at all, I am super rarely immersed...

Yep. It's encouraged but not essential and I think does a great job of introducing the style. Players can ease into it, jump in with...

It's why I like 13th Age's One Unique Thing, it's a fun prompt. Doesn't always work well, but it's a fun idea, why is your PC special?

I have seen this go different ways depending on the type of player. You have some players who love this sort of thing and get excited by...

I know it's not unique to Daggerheart, but the Connections part of Character Generation has been possibly my favourite part. Sitting...

I think it is natural to push toward the edges of "what's allowed." One of my most wonderful campaigns ever started with my decree "no...

I generally lower myself all the way into the tub.

TBH, expecting a sharp divide of Player and GM responsibilities on world-building seems short-sighted and ... maybe if people are so...