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As I've said elsewhere in this thread (you really need to learn to read 1,500+ posts most carefully, and remember who said what, ok?) I...

Yeah...no. Nobody knows what a PC "would do" as well as the player.

But certainly better than other people at the table.

Oh, well, if we are talking XP I'll sell my agency without batting an eye. I take back everything I've said. (This was my plan all...

A PC sat down to negotiate with an NPC in Sigil. The NPC attempted to read the PCs mind and find some specific tidbit of information...

What business is it of yours or WotC's if that table over there in Wyoming is playing the game and making choices based on player...

I can't speak for @hawkeyefan, of course, but since we seem to be fairly aligned in our preferences, I would say for me the impact of...

Yes, really. And largely for the exact reason you site… it’s used as an example because everyone’s familiar with it rather than because...

Because most of the time, I don’t feel the events of play the way my character does. Certainly not to the extent or depth that they do...

Sure. I mean… a lot of the conflict in this discussion seems to come from trying to do this in D&D… which is ill-suited for it and isn’t...

You can play people that are different from you. But most interesting differences are not about capability, they are about temperament...

I don’t believe that’s exactly correct… though it is possible I’ve missed some posts. Mostly, I think people advocating for any kind...

100% agree. I just don't find censure from other people at the table who think I made the wrong decision to be "mechanical". As long...

That's the logical end point of this. If the player cannot be trusted to play their character "correctly" and there must be mechanics...

I don't believe games should be designed for people who do not want to engage with them, nor have I desire to play with such people, so...