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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8806870" data-attributes="member: 22779">I would buy the idea of engagement as being the number one priority as a DM and a player.&nbsp; If you're disengaged from the game, then nothing really matters does it?&nbsp; You're not participating in a game which highly values participation.&nbsp; I've certainly been disengaged during play.&nbsp; And, when I've been in a group where I find myself disengaged more than I'm engaged, I've had to walk away from the group.Immersion?&nbsp; Nah.&nbsp; Don't care.&nbsp; You can certainly play your character 100% like a pawn if you like and keep things purely mechanical and be very engaged in the game.&nbsp; Immersion, I find, is generally one of those things that gets brought up to badwrongfun other people's ideas.&nbsp; &quot;Oh, that hurts my immersion if you do that&quot; which is a position which is completely impossible to argue against while at the same time completely impossible to compromise with.I mean, heck, right now, I've got a DM who insists on narrating every attack.&nbsp; Drives me straight up the wall since it slows things down SOOOO much.&nbsp; I really, REALLY don't care that my character, on his fifteenth attack of the night, swings overhand or backhand.&nbsp; Just get on with it.&nbsp; So, no, count me very much out of the immersion camp.&nbsp; I just don't care that much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8806870, member: 22779"] I would buy the idea of engagement as being the number one priority as a DM and a player. If you're disengaged from the game, then nothing really matters does it? You're not participating in a game which highly values participation. I've certainly been disengaged during play. And, when I've been in a group where I find myself disengaged more than I'm engaged, I've had to walk away from the group. Immersion? Nah. Don't care. You can certainly play your character 100% like a pawn if you like and keep things purely mechanical and be very engaged in the game. Immersion, I find, is generally one of those things that gets brought up to badwrongfun other people's ideas. "Oh, that hurts my immersion if you do that" which is a position which is completely impossible to argue against while at the same time completely impossible to compromise with. I mean, heck, right now, I've got a DM who insists on narrating every attack. Drives me straight up the wall since it slows things down SOOOO much. I really, REALLY don't care that my character, on his fifteenth attack of the night, swings overhand or backhand. Just get on with it. So, no, count me very much out of the immersion camp. I just don't care that much. [/QUOTE]

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