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And I still maintain that they ought to be able to get by if that's what they want to do, even if its suboptimal. There are people who...

I'd say over time, especially when watching someone play multiple characters, it can be abundantly clear when someone is doing that if...

Cool. That's the idea, then, basically; PC actions, be them purely from roleplaying or from failing a Diplomacy check or losing a whole...

Your statement is somewhat extreme IMO. No one is suggesting the Player never makes decisions, at all. I honestly don't know how you...

More accurately I'd say it can easily drop into that. I suspect most people actually trying (who haven't convinced themselves that...

Except it doesn't cover all the cases, and in all cases it doesn't actually motivate a player in any particular direction. Sometimes...

Ignore my specific example, then, and let's place the game state on a different entity. The orc chieftain tries to explain his plight...

I'm afraid I have that poster blocked if they're who I think.

You are generating a binary when I am asking about a spectrum (why do people keep doing that?). I am asking you if you require zero...

Well, I thought we were talking about such checks dictating how PCs behave… the major thrust of your argument is about how you know and...

We should probably make sure the rules prevent it from ever happening, just to be safe.

The thing I hate about 5e is where the GM has to physically punch you every session.

Do you need 100% agency to enjoy the game? Fair enough but that's just another subjective preference.

A general space of approaches to game play where the outcome of a social encounter or social rolls is not a "here is how you act"...

I don't want to speak for @Thomas Shey , so I'll let him explain if he wants.