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Again, I think this is mostly just semantics. My point is it’s not problematic in a game where it’s an expectation. And if loss of...

I think you’ve missed the point. If you have “that guy” pushing for a roll without doing anything to inform the fiction, then you tell...

for the manipulee, yes, for the manipulator it's a big fat nothing isn't it?

and the manipulator doesn't get anything in compensation either? for the manipulee brushing off their success?

this sole last paragraph provides degrees more illumination on how things work than that entire liveplay snippet besides the few things...

reading the bolded am i understanding this correctly, so what happens if the manipulator succeeds but the target PC doesn't choose to be...

In Monster of the Week, there's a move called Manipulate Someone. It can be used on another PC. If the manipulator succeeds on their...

I think you're using a considerable amount of hyperbole in your rhetoric (a tactic I'm personally not fond of, but I digress). GMs and...

Generally no, but only because my players disagree with me on this issue. I rarely get to run a game completely the way I want. Still...

I've already accepted that this clearly the designer intent of 5e. But the rules don't prevent PCs from being affected, and thus it's...

I offered one not too long ago in a thread that touched on this topic. In Stonetop, there is a playbook called The Heavy. They're a...

True. But that doesn't mean that crowd wishes for MORE gamist structures.

does anyone have any examples they could bring to the discussion of how social mechanics are implemented in some games other than DnD...

Of course it doesn't. D&D never does because, as we've established, D&D isn't a simulation game. The mechanics are always divorced...

Those would be the people who don't go out in the field looking to save captive princes from fire-breathing dragons or raid the...