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I think it's all in how it's presented. Certainly, "Now, Billy-Bob, I want you to think carefully about that response. Are you sure...

Sure. I mean, this isn't dissimilar in style to Fate, where a player can accept a compel on an Aspect to get a Fate point, but isn't...

@TwoSix @thomas Yeah, these different perspectives can to a certain degree cohabit at the same table. I think a game system that would...

It's pretty hard to tell the difference 99% of the time. Narrating your choices as being grounded in character concept and backstory is...

I'm sure I could play at your table, I'm ultimately pretty flexible. I just probably wouldn't play a character focused on social checks...

The internal model of the character says the character dislikes the NPC, the dice say your character likes this NPC. Immersion ruined.

Yep. I do very much feel the weight of the choices and discovery when I play my character the way my do. Which is why I have said...

Yes, like watching a horror movie about people being chased by axe murderer will make you scared, but probably not quite as scared than...

Yes, it's a fundamental incompatibility in our perspectives.

And I don't feel the weight if I am not actually making the choice. There is no weight as there is no real choice, there is just random...

Yes. It seems rather obvious you'd think this. Thus you won't get it. Right. And here again you are incapable of even comprehending...

Indeed, I've taken a second look at a few CR3 monsters and the main issue seems to be the damage they can do on a single lucky attack...

You need to have characters with beliefs, values, temperament etc and situations that challenge those. Which can happen in any RPG, but...

To be clear, I was doing full inhabitation play 30 years ago; this isn't a case of people "not getting" what you're talking about. You...

I would not GM to a player I would not trust to play their character properly and I would not play with a GM who did not trust me to...