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The second example is why I don't agree with you about the first example. I don't think it's accurate to describe having one's...

Throughout the context of this conversation the conception of agency based on conventions of play not in effect in other games has been...

"If a lion could bring a flask, we could not collect blood in it." -Burning Wittgenstein

Interesting, since this design choice is considerably more common in Level up than in 5e.

I'm reiterating a starting point to describe how we got from the beginning to right now. It's an example of a lack of nuance that...

Right, but I'm trying to view it in context... which you say is important to you. Losing control of your character is a form of agency...

Which is a shame, because the "other site's" discipline forum used to be an entertaining read.

But did the lion bring a flask? Let's ask the real questions.

I love it. People are going absolutely nuts over Steel tests in Burning Wheel - which is self-consciously a game focused on characters...

Exactly. This is a complex analysis, so saying things "I think sandboxes have maximal agency" is going to naturally cause pushback...

Hang on - so you can't actually conceive of a person not having the equipment that would help them? Have you never been caught in the...

You would think after being immersed in these posts for a few years, you'd just start to pick up the jargon by osmosis. (Is "osmosis"...

@Campbell (just to pick one poster who I know has a deep understanding of a wide range of approaches to RPGing) has never been confused...

False. And bizarre.

At times in my life my problems would have been solved by bringing $100. But I didn't have it on me. The character wasn't carrying a...