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No, I get it. I’ve done it before. But I think the distinction here is I perceive that external model as still being you. A set of...

I don't really think so. Though he needed to unpack it more, the same general situation could come up in almost any trad game, and...

Honestly, I'd much rather be immersed in the setting and play the character in a way that I think fits with it than immerse into the...

You don't need immersion to play a role; that's the core distinction between a lot of our perspectives. Fitting a mechanical prompt...

Guilty as charged. Doing a ton of "prep work" as a GM is generally a waste of time.

From my vantage point, at least when I first saw it being used, it was a resource that the player spent, that the character had no...

I apologize for having gaming desires different than yours. I’ll strive to do better. “Actual roleplay” lol.

But it's not the character making the choice, it's you. And people make non-beneficial choices all the time when they have other...

No, it’s you. That’s what having absolute agency over your character’s mental state means. Your character never feels or acts in a way...

I think that there’s an ingrained idea that longer is better. So that’s kind of the ideal that people shoot for, and then things fizzle...

It’s always wild to me how different people’s play preferences are in this regard. I can’t even imagine a game going for 100+ sessions...

Ten sessions/level? That's a tad slow, but, not out of line. Again, let's be clear about what I am talking about. Someone who is...

In my experience, people get bored. In our youth when we could play frequently, someone would say I would like to play X…usually...

I love them. For decades, at least in the circles I ran in, it felt like the holy grail of gaming experiences was when you'd have a...

I IRL could choose anything. I could choose to put my computer in the oven and eat my MERP books. But I won't. There is a difference...