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Player agency is often argued about on these boards. This post will not attempt to reconcile such arguments. It will enunciate the...

I wrote an extensive and considered examination of player agency here: An examination of player agency It explains clearly why...

Did I seem like I have a problem? What problem did you think I was having?

Can I check that what you're getting at is something similar to what I asked about upthread - that if we relativise agency to the goals...

People have literally said things like: Your play priorities are self-centered It rips out the heart of roleplaying It offers no agency...

And again. It's wasn't a clarification, it was an example. I don't really feel a response is necessary? "We should try to understand...

I don't think anyone is talking past each other at this point; we just have a simple disagreement on what the correct usage of the term is.

If the lion's abilities can be fudged out of existence by any player, does the lion have agency? Or is declaring a roar sufficient for...

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.