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Its more the case that I don't expect everyone's internal models to be consistently so strong that they'll override gamist self-interest...

The fact you don't see the difference between mechanics that encourage and those that force isn't making your argument look less...

You are IMO skipping the process because you assume you know the end.

Influence, not control. I still maintain some amount of mechanical influence is helpful in avoiding the temptation to make PC choices...

i feel like it does already apply to most everything to some degree besides social checks.

If you check, you'll see I've never criticized someone because they're doing token or avatar play, per se. That's a playstyle like any...

Your statement is somewhat extreme IMO. No one is suggesting the Player never makes decisions, at all. I honestly don't know how you...

Cool. That's the idea, then, basically; PC actions, be them purely from roleplaying or from failing a Diplomacy check or losing a whole...

my big issue with your complaints is that you seem to view agency as such a binary thing, that you think if you fail a check that means...

You are generating a binary when I am asking about a spectrum (why do people keep doing that?). I am asking you if you require zero...

Do you need 100% agency to enjoy the game? Fair enough but that's just another subjective preference.

Well, I thought we were talking about such checks dictating how PCs behave… the major thrust of your argument is about how you know and...

There's been a lot of that in this thread - making up terrible (hypothetical) systems, then showing with great fanfare that they're...

A general space of approaches to game play where the outcome of a social encounter or social rolls is not a "here is how you act"...

This is because what you’re describing isn’t an example of thoughtful design. You’re just kind of taking an instance of D&D play and...