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@Thomas Shey explained the difference above better than I can. And keep in mind we are talking about social mechanics.

The fact you don't see the difference between mechanics that encourage and those that force isn't making your argument look less...

Then you don't. But I don't believe its either of our tasks to tell other people how to play, per se. Both of our positions are...

You are IMO skipping the process because you assume you know the end.

If you check, you'll see I've never criticized someone because they're doing token or avatar play, per se. That's a playstyle like any...

my big issue with your complaints is that you seem to view agency as such a binary thing, that you think if you fail a check that means...

Influence, not control. I still maintain some amount of mechanical influence is helpful in avoiding the temptation to make PC choices...

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.