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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9358698" data-attributes="member: 93670">It doesn't matter if the article is talking about playstyles of people or playstyles that game systems support.&nbsp; D&amp;D exists because some folks wanted to explore &amp; play with a playstyle that did not fit wargaming &amp; had to create a system that fit their desired playstyle rather than forcing it into a wargame.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not every game supports every playstyle, it's not reasonable to pretend otherwise.&nbsp; The two can not be totally severed. pretending otherwise does a disservice to both as well as the other people at the table.Fate might look fairly simple given how you can pretty much fit the rules on a hand written index card, but it takes a solid understanding of the complex ways they can interact to avoid problems.&nbsp;&nbsp; To some degree that bold bit accurately describes <a href="https://fate-srd.com/fate-core/invoking-compelling-aspects" target="_blank">compels</a>.&nbsp; Compels can be fairly complicated with how they interact with aspects, especially if a player's efforts to exercise agency would cause them to so obviously self compel that the GM just points to it rather than death spiraling the game&nbsp; &amp; your post does not provide enough detail to say who was at fault.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 9358698, member: 93670"] It doesn't matter if the article is talking about playstyles of people or playstyles that game systems support. D&D exists because some folks wanted to explore & play with a playstyle that did not fit wargaming & had to create a system that fit their desired playstyle rather than forcing it into a wargame. Not every game supports every playstyle, it's not reasonable to pretend otherwise. The two can not be totally severed. pretending otherwise does a disservice to both as well as the other people at the table. Fate might look fairly simple given how you can pretty much fit the rules on a hand written index card, but it takes a solid understanding of the complex ways they can interact to avoid problems. To some degree that bold bit [I]accurately[/I] describes [URL='https://fate-srd.com/fate-core/invoking-compelling-aspects']compels[/URL]. Compels can be fairly complicated with how they interact with aspects, especially if a player's efforts to exercise agency would cause them to so obviously self compel that the GM just points to it rather than death spiraling the game & your post does not provide enough detail to say who was at fault. [/QUOTE]

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