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Oh, and to quote from the DH Book a bit, here's the GM guidance around this. You'll note it presents a range of possibility here, and...

Not all of them.

Sure I see that, but so is extreme optimization. Or an insistence to PVP. Or chaotic behavior. Or siding with the villains against the...

Those who like the Daggerheart approach are the ones talking about engagement and not immersion from my perspective on those words...

That's one insight I think is spot on. The fail state of a Daggerheart game is D&D 5E. Even if you ignore all the narrative-focused...

The thing though is Daggerheart does just fine if you dint do it.

I don’t mind the technique because it doesn’t necessarily break my immersion

That's very kind of you, thank you. I try to honor what others have done before me. So many amazing experiences wouldn't have been...

I’m kinda jealous.

I think for me, turning off my GM brain lets me enjoy the player experience more and shuts off any impulses to “backseat drive”.

I think I find this more among GMs. Interesting.

I haven’t played Daggerheart yet (waiting for the next round of printing to get to my FLGS 😅) but I have used the player description...

It’s just another style of play. 🤷‍♂️ Calling it a “GM Don’t” sounds extreme.

There is a neurodiversity aspect about this. Some people find it really difficult to improvise. I try to read the person and treat the...

Daggerheart builds in a degree of player-contribution as a core expectation. It's in the Player's Agenda/Principles, and the GM stuff as...