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Is RPGing a *literary* endeavour?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7608169" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>But no more than my natural talking style in everyday speech. I keep my games very conversational. I am not interested in stylizing my narration or consciously narrating a scene. I just converse with the players and don't think much about the words I use. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>People keep saying this, then they also keep saying how important quality in the description is. And what is the purpose of identifying the narrative aspect of RPGs as literary if not to make a further point about how you ought to narrate. It seems any time the question of an ought is raised by your side in this discussion, I am in strong disagreement. And the ought very much appears to stem from the notion that RPGs are a literary endeavor (or involve literary elements). Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think this is a straw man. If I hadn't spent half the thread arguing with people that descriptions don't have to be high quality to be good in an RPG, then I might see your point. But since people leaning on literary also seem to be advocating for emulating literary measures of quality....what should I think here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7608169, member: 85555"] But no more than my natural talking style in everyday speech. I keep my games very conversational. I am not interested in stylizing my narration or consciously narrating a scene. I just converse with the players and don't think much about the words I use. People keep saying this, then they also keep saying how important quality in the description is. And what is the purpose of identifying the narrative aspect of RPGs as literary if not to make a further point about how you ought to narrate. It seems any time the question of an ought is raised by your side in this discussion, I am in strong disagreement. And the ought very much appears to stem from the notion that RPGs are a literary endeavor (or involve literary elements). Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think this is a straw man. If I hadn't spent half the thread arguing with people that descriptions don't have to be high quality to be good in an RPG, then I might see your point. But since people leaning on literary also seem to be advocating for emulating literary measures of quality....what should I think here? [/QUOTE]
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