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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zarionofarabel" data-source="post: 9787881" data-attributes="member: 7026405">Okay, cool. Probably the same way I find the "box text" jarring when a GM switches from natural "ad lib" narration to a "set-piece" of narration that has a completely different cadence and tone and feel than the narration they delivered a moment before. I think, if you understand what I just said, then I understand exactly what you mean! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😎" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" title="Smiling face with sunglasses    :sunglasses:" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Hmm...42! What would Cheetos taste like on pizza? Iron?!?...what century/planet do you live in/on???...wrinkle free fabrics only my friend, also wool is not kind to my delicate skin so that makes that decision easier. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤬" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png" title="Face with symbols on mouth    :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:" data-shortname=":face_with_symbols_over_mouth:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Shady? Like the Slim kind? No, no, no...no disparaging meaning at all! I was just actually wondering as to what the "thing" was that was an uncomfortable rub. I don't like the "most famous AP run by the bestest ever DM ever hands down" because I find the quality of that particular narrator's "box text" is like nails on a chalkboard. Probably cause I don't enjoy flowery language when reading, or at least I think that's why now that I have watched other AP that didn't have a DM that was trying to be Tolkien. That, and I don't like Tolkien, or Martin, or Shakespeare, so...yeah. I still find the "box text' to be like a sudden immersion in an ice bath, but many GMs at least don't go all Shakespeare In The Park on my imagination. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🥶" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f976.png" title="Cold face    :cold_face:" data-shortname=":cold_face:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Cool, that's kind of what I was thinking might have been the solution. Funnily enough after posting my inquiry I have watched an AP where pretty much the entire cast did it that way, and with enough consistency that I wasn't left confused about what was going on. As I alluded too in my post, as long as folks preface (or as you point out, phrase) it the right way it is either not confusing, or at least the confusion is minimized. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤔" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" title="Thinking face    :thinking:" data-shortname=":thinking:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />I'm assuming in a normal voice? So like a sentence or two of framed speech followed by more speech that doesn't need to be framed as the participants have established there is a conversation going on? I saw that too more recently! Guess I should have just watched a few more AP before posting my question. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤭" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92d.png" title="Face with hand over mouth    :face_with_hand_over_mouth:" data-shortname=":face_with_hand_over_mouth:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Which is generally what I see happening in AP where the partipants are unsure of what the speaker intended. Though, that interruption of narrative is also immersion breaking, though more akin to a die roll pause than a "M&M the DM box text" imagination drop kick. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤨" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f928.png" title="Face with raised eyebrow    :face_with_raised_eyebrow:" data-shortname=":face_with_raised_eyebrow:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />A genuine thanks for the reply and clarification! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😘" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f618.png" title="Face blowing a kiss    :kissing_heart:" data-shortname=":kissing_heart:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

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