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No, but they are seizing control when they successfully use a social skill on a PC. In games designed for that to happen, it's okay...

Now I start wondering how confusing it would be if we start using "roll for initiative" as a universal shorthand for starting combat...

Here you go. One thing I think is helpful is to just treat the heading like the name of the thing. What it says underneath each heading...

Some people enjoy having agency when they play.

Magical Force is physical, that's why Wall of Force blocks physical attacks and Forcecage keeps you in.

I read the portion in question. It deals entirely with making the game interesting for the players and gives advice on how to do that...

I'm curious about Daggerheart's player principles. Can you give them here?

Magic tends to be the get out of jail free card for things like this. That said, I very, VERY rarely use dominate, charms, etc. on PCs...

That's an interesting take on it. I think I would still prefer to just decide when my PC does or does not do certain things, because...

To try and clarify, I don't think you need to ask permission as the DM for a social skill against the PC in this context. It would just...

What's useful or evocative about a phrase that has nothing to do with the actual principle discussed?

I don't need it to be so formalized as that. Usually I can tell if people are going to be similar enough in playstyle for me to fit in...

There may be some games that are played that way, but D&D when I've seen social skills vs. PCs used hasn't been played that way. I'm...

Thanks! I hadn't heard that term before.

Short-and-sweet name for a useful thing to do when figuring out what a group wants from a game (e.g., something to deploy during Session...