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Also we are talking about agency as an RPG term, not an economic one. We don't need to consult experts to discuss the agency of a player...

Because I am saying your metaphor of the GM just showing the players their notes is reductive and it misses the fullness of the...

But this isn’t what player agency has traditionally meant in RPGs. If it were player Agency would be about giving characters powers...

You are using agency in a way that is unnatural when it comes to the way most of us are using it. I have 100% agency in the real world...

Okay. Why? That’s what you believe but you are doing nothing to establish that. However I have an example where less information...

I don't think in the context of an RPG this is true. If the GM hands the player the dungeon map, do they suddenly have more agency? I...

Monte is dead on in his descriptions. I want 0 of the narrative control in players hands but I am for 100% player control in the game.

I mean if fireball is knocking off 25% hp from half the enemies in an encounter and 12.5% from most of the rest then it’s going to...

This is an interesting (set of) point(s). Fireball is low tier if you don't use the enemies it is best at (in part because it tends to...

Anyone have a monster hp by cr list? I’d like to see that translated into a % of hp lost to a fireball list.

I think this both misses some of the nuance and frames it in a way that just doesn't match what the experience. It is like describing a...

Actually I question the premise that cantrips can be spammed every 6 seconds for a whole day. Nothing in the rules limits fighters from...

On the agency thing, Monte Cook has an interesting article

This is the point I am trying to make

It's certainly real deduction though. Like, Clue's gameplay is certainly weird, and I think you can get better deductive structures in...