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Sandboxes are fickle beasts. They massively depend on players being pro active, more than any other type of games. If you pair it with...

This is a category fallacy. If anything, the opposite happened. I was excited to create and play the game, but lack of interest from...

These statements are all from the same post: "Well looks like a few more people seem to be aware of how comparatively weak spellcasters...

I was very confused until I realized that blocking is what is making this hard to grok. Carry on folks.

No, I get it. I’ve done it before. But I think the distinction here is I perceive that external model as still being you. A set of...

I apologize for having gaming desires different than yours. I’ll strive to do better. “Actual roleplay” lol.

Heaven forbid we have any power fantasy in our games where we pretend to be fierce warriors and arcane conjurors

I IRL could choose anything. I could choose to put my computer in the oven and eat my MERP books. But I won't. There is a difference...

Not completely on topic, but the OP's question seems like it should be in the D&D thread, not TTRPG General. As I was thinking that, I...

To my mind there is also a question of how reasonable it is to come to a game with a predefined model of everything the character will...

But it can’t be out-of-character if we’re using play to determine who the character is.

Here's an example, from Rolemaster play, that I just posted in another thread: Left to our own devices, no one at the table would have...

I'm not @pemerton either, but, to quote Vincent Baker, it's "things that no vigorous creative agreement would ever create" -- "outcomes...

Not pemerton so I can't speak for him, but one difference between 'choosing stuff [that happens]' and 'choosing to do stuff' might...

Yeah, agency needs to he looked at based on the specific game in question. Sure, a game like Spire may have more consequences that take...