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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8152699" data-attributes="member: 16814">This is a bad take.&nbsp; The player chooses how to react to things, and this is an important aspect of play.&nbsp; You mistake the claim that your new mode of analysis -- things that impact how you might choose to roleplay -- is useful.&nbsp; It's, instead, too broad of a brush to be useful, unless, of course, you're just ignoring everything else painted except the point you're trying to make.I think being able to roleplay my character is important, and I look for this in games I play.&nbsp; This doesn't, at all, stop me from noting that in games where my actions are gated solely by the GM, I have less agency than in games where I have either ability to force the action to resolution via mechanics or a say in how an action could resolve or both.&nbsp; The ability to roleplay my character doesn't go to agency unless you can enact such acting into action.&nbsp; I have this in droves in some other games.&nbsp; In D&amp;D, I have to get the GM's agreement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8152699, member: 16814"] This is a bad take. The player chooses how to react to things, and this is an important aspect of play. You mistake the claim that your new mode of analysis -- things that impact how you might choose to roleplay -- is useful. It's, instead, too broad of a brush to be useful, unless, of course, you're just ignoring everything else painted except the point you're trying to make. I think being able to roleplay my character is important, and I look for this in games I play. This doesn't, at all, stop me from noting that in games where my actions are gated solely by the GM, I have less agency than in games where I have either ability to force the action to resolution via mechanics or a say in how an action could resolve or both. The ability to roleplay my character doesn't go to agency unless you can enact such acting into action. I have this in droves in some other games. In D&D, I have to get the GM's agreement. [/QUOTE]

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