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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8157106"><p>We are getting hung up on language and terms and not really seeing what one another are saying. I am talking about power in terms of agency in the setting, not in terms of raw mechanical power over the game outcome. You won't consider it power, unless the player has unchecked ability to narrate what happens. That isn't the kind of power I am talking about at all, and not the kind of power I am very interested in as a player. I want the power to try anything in the setting and I want a human referee to help mediate that. That is what is empowering to me in the game. It is giving the players the power of agency in the setting. Would giving the player narrative control be an increase in total power overall? I suppose. Though it would take away from the setting agency I am talking about. So I don't think it is as simple as the more narrative tools you give to players the more power in total they have. But in the end, this isn't the sort of power that I feel enhances my sense of agency.</p></blockquote><p></p>