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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4382848" data-attributes="member: 386">The PC does not have to have that odd experience, though I grant the player might.So, because the player has this odd experience (that it's harder or impossible for his character to set up the move, given the same or a very similar fictional state), you see that as a "program limit" on the choices a player can make.That makes sense, I see where you're coming from and why that can be an issue for you - and more importantly, why you describe it as video game-y.I don't see this as a problem because:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> I don't have a problem with the game limiting powerful abilities.  Some stuff you can't do as often as you'd like because it's too good!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> I don't have a problem having my choices limited as a player in this manner.  If I have a power that allows me to do something a limited number of times per day, I'm not going to complain that I can't do it as often as I'd like - the power gives me the ability to do it once successfully where before I had no chance!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Tied to the above - now that I have the ability to do something that I couldn't without the power, I don't have a problem describing attempts to use that trick again having failed - even given the same fictional situation.  The power allows me to raise my chance at success - in the fictional world - from 0% to x%.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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