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<blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 9124733" data-attributes="member: 7025282">Is the goal for characters to have more agency in the fictional world than we do on the real one?If you have to have perfect information in game to have agency, having agency is going to mean a boring rpg exploration/combat game.We all “take our chances.”&nbsp; If we go through the troll moors, we know there are trolls there and it’s dangerous.&nbsp; If we take the high road, we suspect we will there after you.If random die rolls make it the other way around, sh*t happens.&nbsp; It’s like going into combat thinking we have the upper hand and getting shafted by rolls.&nbsp; We knew odds were in our favor but also knew odds don’t tell us what will actually happen.Random table, random d20, arrow from another part of the battlefield…we make choices fighting and traveling factoring in uncertainty.&nbsp; Looked good on paper…We have effected the story with our choice.&nbsp; Does not always have the exact effect I wanted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warpiglet-7, post: 9124733, member: 7025282"] Is the goal for characters to have more agency in the fictional world than we do on the real one? If you have to have perfect information in game to have agency, having agency is going to mean a boring rpg exploration/combat game. We all “take our chances.” If we go through the troll moors, we know there are trolls there and it’s dangerous. If we take the high road, we suspect we will there after you. If random die rolls make it the other way around, sh*t happens. It’s like going into combat thinking we have the upper hand and getting shafted by rolls. We knew odds were in our favor but also knew odds don’t tell us what will actually happen. Random table, random d20, arrow from another part of the battlefield…we make choices fighting and traveling factoring in uncertainty. Looked good on paper… We have effected the story with our choice. Does not always have the exact effect I wanted. [/QUOTE]

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