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But not to decide what that information is. No. The character decides that they try to persuade the cleric to cast the spell, and they...

They do this not by authoring the cleric exists and has the spell they want him to cast but by persuading an already established cleric...

No. You cannot rewrite reality (our reality) and make words say things they don't. If a player chooses to author some fiction, that is...

It's not hard to understand. People just don't like it.

When I propose a difference you say it’s not. So if you aren’t denying differences altogether, then what differences in your cleric...

It’s not clear what you see established about the cleric before the persuasion check. If it’s just that this is a level 5 cleric that...

I don’t pretend those activities are the same decision space for player and character. They are clearly not. I can’t tell if your...

Also why I bristle when someone suggests that the rest of the game should be structured more like the combat, wanting some tactical...

This is an interesting claim. I want to examine it a bit closer. The player and character both recognise the runes. Both could...

Yep. It’s one reason I view d&d combat as more of a fun minigame. It’s also why I don’t give much weight to critiques relying on combat...

This is good example, as players having access to plenty of tactical information their characters wouldn't and then discussing it midst...

Thank you! I would rule out "No it is not" on plain facts of the matter: it is perforce players and not their characters that experience...

If you go reread the original runes example just posted this looks to be exactly what happened there. The player was lost and wanted the...

Contributing to the shared fiction is not sufficient to call something an rpg, else pass the conch would be an rpg. An RPG is about...

Knowledge checks would be a better Rolling dice and adding bonuses is not a decision space. It is certainly things a character isn’t...