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No one is arguing that they should. Some people have expressed a preference for games where the internal state of the characters is part...

Exactly. I mentioned an example from Stonetop in a previous similar discussion, with the Storm-blessed Heavy having to roll to get their...

social checks don't 'convince' PCs of things like that unless the rules are being misapplied, you're under a misconception.

@pemerton has probably harped on the divide between “agency to shape how I think my character’s internality can or can’t be affected” vs...

It would seem to me that in such a case, there would seem to at least be the possibility of fear being an issue. Again, this is why...

I think discounting all of this and instead focusing on the loss of agency in the moment of play as the sole indicator of how this kind...

It is wilful by the player that that agency be limited. In the same way one can choose to fail a saving throw or be persuaded. They...

I was joking.

Well, if there’s no chance of being afraid, then why are any kind of fear rules being invoked? Again, getting away from D&D-esque...

I will bang on about player agency all day, but "there are things modeled in the game, and those models create surprising situations to...

No, I didn’t. @CreamCloud0’s post actually made it clear. The reason it wasn’t clear is again that’s not how this kind of stuff works...

i believe they mean something like 'there is a scary thing in your way/they make an intimidation check, it requires a save DC of 32 to...

Oh, gosh. Gonna add this to my clip file to give me a boost whenever I'm struggling. Thanks! And thank you, @hawkeyefan for playing and...

What? What’s Scary 32? The player decided to rank his Lust vice at a certain ranking. The player then decided to have the character go...

The proverbial spilling a cup of coffee leading to the full breakdown in the parking lot. It wasn't the spilled coffee that got you...