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Rather than “aimless”, I think the useful antonym might be something like “unlinked”. There’s a book about the design of the Wild Wide...

Because If I'm playing an enlightened swordmaster, I don't want the sword to be a prop. I want the sword (or axe, or bow, or whatever)...

And neither is everyone else. You're overextending the fact it doesn't work well for everyone (it'd be something the group I play with...

Some interesting historical notes. Devas and Asuras started both as more neutral entities. We know this because in Iranian traditional...

This is actually really plausible world-building on Tolkien's part. In the era before music-recording-and-replaying-technology, people...

Again, the problem you're missing that in some groups this isn't disruptive. Its what they do during play. Note upthread @TwoSix...

Nope. I've heard of this for groups that have been playing together for years. Its just a dynamic with some individual players or...

Because its Bloodtide.

I've seen it. Not for hours on end... but I don't think it takes hours for it to be disruptive or counterproductive (assuming that not...

And I tried to make a distinction between two versions of that, and apparently that's not working. So, I again repeat I'm uninterested...

Not at all what I said, but if you care to read it that way don't let me stop you.

I'm thinking perhaps you left a word out of this, since as written it doesn't make much sense.

And as with Soviet above, I'm suspecting that's because you care about some distinctions that for many people are just not that...

Which from my point of view I tried to do and you seem to dislike it. There's only so much effort I'm willing to put in here.

My experience is it can go both ways (though, honestly, I question whether they'd frame it in their heads in either case the way you did...