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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8584265" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>I tend to do the same & occasionally get a player who wants to hash out every npc interaction in some kind of bizarre real time turn based one liner back & forth, but as a mere human I can't do that and run the game  in d&d.  I can kinda do it in fate where I can say "no bob your xxx aspect is going to make that tough/downright implausible that you'd say that" or whatever.  Inevitably in d&d it winds up being a game of chess from a mary sue wasting table time  for all of the other players  who is going to get exactly what they want or just have their PC throw up their hands & walk.   it's rare that the players have any sort of stake or standing to risk in a discussionso it generally it just winds up trying to play the GM by looking for a zinger to win or forcing a GM to relent because they want the game to move on rather than monopolizing the game time engaging in a pointless discussion with bob.</p></blockquote><p></p>