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No, I think your comments here and what you've been arguing for reveal a misunderstanding of what those things are about. It is about...

Okay... that's your preference, and as far as preferences go, it's fine. All anyone is saying is that others have other preferences. I...

Do you think that being "able to make decisions from the perspective of their characters with what feels like the same degree of...

Well, if you rolled low, then it would mean your character wasn’t as brave/loyal/hard/whatever as they thought they were. It’s been...

I tend to find the game more verisimilitudinous, more intense, dare I say more realistic, if people's minds are changed without them...

So, in your game, there's likely a rule that says something in the neighborhood of, "When your character runs out of hit points, they...

There's not a lot to add to what Old Fezziwig has posted. Scene-framing in BW does not need to be "gentle". If no one has anything at...

Pendragon is actually a little more hardcore than BW is: "In crises, individuals act according to character, not choice. At times...

You're just restating the rules of D&D, and similar games, as if they're universal. They're not. As has already been posted upthread...

Whereas, interestingly, the sort of RPGing you do seems to me far more story than game.

I didn't say "as much". Obviously, being dead precludes a wide range of action. Whereas being led, here and now, to do X, doesn't...

I don't know. I don't think it's that uncommon. If I lose an argument at work, I might have to go along with whatever the decision is...

Yeah, this entire branch of gaming chose to move beyond "mutual agreement" for resolving player vs player conflict; and welcome the...

I don’t see how those examples display consistency. They’re mostly unrelated hypotheticals. If you were in a game, how would you know...

It’s a matter of play focus. Some games want the character’s determination or courage or loyalty or whatever other trait to be tested...