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That's a pretty minor difference, which is only apparent from the DMs point of view. I mean, if a player approaches an NPC and finds her 'wooable' how's he going to know whether the DM had intended it? Anyways, I think Umbran got it right earlier. We can have tabletop RPGs, live action RPGs...

Not conscious choice. I think it's hardwired, but I don't know what the science is on that.

You couldn't do that in my D&D game. What? I'm not comfortable playing romance RP with male players. Kinda gay. Am I not running a roleplaying game in your opinion?

Yes it does, for example in NetHack. When I played the game, it didn't feel like I was controlling the role of an 'at' sign (@), even that's what they use to mark the player character. You actually have to use imagination in that game :) What makes Justice Stewart an expert on roleplaying...

Metagaming is using knowledge the character wouldn't have. It includes, but is not limited, cheating by having adventure specific information beforehand. Other examples are adjusting the characters actions by acknowledging it's just a character in a game, which of course a character inside the...

Sure you want to open that can of worms? Success in tasks in PnP D&D is to a high degree influenced and determined by your meta-game skills, not your ability to immerse in a role or roleplay (I'm confused by the definitions at this point..). Importance of meta-game aspects is not a good divider...

C'mon, he sonned Gary Gygax, creator of D&D. Even on the internet some things are sacred! :\ :p I can understand the mods response; while we're all equal, some should be more equal so that EN World will be visited by RPG celebs also in the future. These are small circles in the end, so no...

Well, it's a good thing that it accounts meaning also. Someone named just 'Bill' would go mental if he logged every mention of name 'Bill'.

I don't think it's important to define RPGs what's behind the screen (DMs or computers) or degrees of limitedness. I mean, I've played probably played with more limited human DMs than some computer RPGs are nowadays. A chance to converse with monsters in a PnP RPG is pretty moot if the DM...

Um, no. D&D with 6 players + DM is far from real time :p

Everything in their current surroundings is somewhat relevant. Still, should the DM give same effort to describing a beggar on the street as, say, Sauron standing on a streetcorner? But what do I know. I play with the players minds with pointless banter, like if somebody says "I pick up the...

Warcraft III is a real-time strategy game, so no arguments there. WoW doesn't match your definition either, but comes closer. Then again, some mind find your definition of an RPG a bit strict. And still some computer games qualify, didn't Neverwinter have possibility for DMs?

I remember approaching everything in 1E as we would a dungeon. It was incredibly funny to go to a village, knock on the door of house #1, attack and steal everything, house #2, rinse, repeat. Our adventuring party was the scourge of the Known World. We got better. Eventually :p

I'd be mostly ok starting the game in prison, but not with going to prison without me having a say in it. Getting caught is a pretty big thing for my character. I rather it happen before I was controlling the character. Would you accept the DM saying for example: "Last night your (male) dwarf...

Cleave is quite conditional. It doesn't get used often, unless your DM constantly swarms you. Spec works every time you hit.

I'd lodge a complaint to the DMs Association and have the jokers DMing license janked. Either you take my character down fair or not at all.

Sadly, nowadays the news also hold a fair deal of stuff about imprisonments worse than death. But yes, in literature this usually isn't the case. I think that the more important factor for players is the loss of control for his PC, which is understandable (IMO), since that's the only control...

Rip off one old Dungeon adventure where some evil dudes were drying a swamp for cultivation etc.. That didn't sit well with the species living in the swamp. Maybe that's one way to go. There's stuff living in the swamps (evil & non-evil), and the wizzies are drying out the swamp. Involve...

You know, a portion of real life people kill themselves if they lose everything they own. I have no trouble believing that D&D PCs would realistically act the same, since the bunch seems pretty obsessed with loot. Death is usually preferable to capture. Personally I wouldn't let my PC get...

Depends on the enemy. Usually I'll rather have my character die heroicly than be the punk bitch of some joker who's going to take my stuff :cool: This I have no problem with. I can easily flee, and come back with the deck stacked in my favor. I guess adventures feel more satisfactory with...