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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6097821" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>Yeah, I noticed the way you framed the idea of an instinct it was protection from something that in any of my games NEVER occurs in the first place.&nbsp; I never ever narrate a scene based on an assumption about what a player does.&nbsp; I never as a DM have player character agency and so instincts in that sense are meaningless.&nbsp; Instead, I see them more literally as the ability to react faster.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I was going to run BW, and I have big issues with the system unrelated to this topic, but I were to, a player that has the instinct, &quot;If the meek are bullied or exploited then I will intervene&quot;, not only never would be assumed to have been standing around but would be assumed to always arrive in time to intervene.&nbsp; He's never forced to witness something he can't intervene in.&nbsp; He comes around the corner and there is blind folded woman about to be executed by a man with a big sword, he can always interrupt, and indeed always must interrupt.&nbsp; The guy may turn out to be Athos and the lady Milady de Winter, but that's life.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6097821, member: 4937"] Yeah, I noticed the way you framed the idea of an instinct it was protection from something that in any of my games NEVER occurs in the first place. I never ever narrate a scene based on an assumption about what a player does. I never as a DM have player character agency and so instincts in that sense are meaningless. Instead, I see them more literally as the ability to react faster. If I was going to run BW, and I have big issues with the system unrelated to this topic, but I were to, a player that has the instinct, "If the meek are bullied or exploited then I will intervene", not only never would be assumed to have been standing around but would be assumed to always arrive in time to intervene. He's never forced to witness something he can't intervene in. He comes around the corner and there is blind folded woman about to be executed by a man with a big sword, he can always interrupt, and indeed always must interrupt. The guy may turn out to be Athos and the lady Milady de Winter, but that's life. [/QUOTE]

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