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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdweller" data-source="post: 7632705" data-attributes="member: 14563">Which is a step in the wrong direction.&nbsp; An imperfect job of modeling mental faculties is still infinitely better than none.Part of the appeal of many role-playing games is the tactical challenge or puzzles.&nbsp; Having some of these apply to the player rather than the character doesn't make it somehow a good idea to completely discard character; though there are games systems that reduce puzzles to a set of skill challenges.&nbsp; Generally, IMO, to their extreme detriment.&nbsp; A certain suspension of disbelief is usually necessary ANYWAY to keep the game experience fun for the players if not for basic world-building.&nbsp; For example, it's not that exciting to play out periods of excessive repetition or waiting for representative periods of time - even if that's more realistic or internally consistent.&nbsp; It's reasonably simple most of the time to run a player's ideas through the character's personality, abilities, or experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowdweller, post: 7632705, member: 14563"] Which is a step in the wrong direction. An imperfect job of modeling mental faculties is still infinitely better than none. Part of the appeal of many role-playing games is the tactical challenge or puzzles. Having some of these apply to the player rather than the character doesn't make it somehow a good idea to completely discard character; though there are games systems that reduce puzzles to a set of skill challenges. Generally, IMO, to their extreme detriment. A certain suspension of disbelief is usually necessary ANYWAY to keep the game experience fun for the players if not for basic world-building. For example, it's not that exciting to play out periods of excessive repetition or waiting for representative periods of time - even if that's more realistic or internally consistent. It's reasonably simple most of the time to run a player's ideas through the character's personality, abilities, or experience. [/QUOTE]

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