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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 9404525" data-attributes="member: 6685730">I was not saying that something is oppressing the GM.  Nor does a detailed character definition oppress the player.  But each reference on the character sheet to the rule book is 1) a place where PC options are limited, and 2) a rule that the GM is supposed to follow, in her role as rules-enforcer.  To continue with Numenera as an example, there are a lot of blank spaces where PCs can write in their skills.  There isn't a fixed list of what the PCs can and can't use as skills (but there is a suggested list).  But the character sheet also has a line for your character class, which is the game's/GM's way of saying, "you'll have abilities from only this list, and other characters will have some limited ability to be able to pigeonhole who you are."</blockquote>