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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 8159046" data-attributes="member: 87792">To me, from my experience, immersion is pretty simple. It's when you've mastered the rules and the setting to the point it doesn't get in the way and instead helps you see things. Different rules click with different people at different rates (I know I have a strong head for math and systems and interactions - which means that AD&D is almost impossible for me as everything is a damn different subsystem but lots of simpler games and even some seemingly more complex ones just flow; I know that others find AD&D immersive because their brains are wired differently).The worst thing for immersion is IME having to look things up in the rulebook. Having to ask the GM is nowhere near as bad because it's not almost purely abstract but it's far, far worse than knowing because I understand the world and rules. For you it might be less of a barrier; this is largely personal about what clicks with youGlad you enjoyed <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I don't honestly think specifically immersive mechanics exist. There are anti-immersive ones and in general too many rules and things that take too long to resolve are anti-immersive for anyone. But a lot is down to both what clicks with you and what you have learned until you can use it without thinking. It's always hard jumping to a new perspective and I'm glad you could.</blockquote>

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