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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 9852913" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I expect you’re likely assuming the worst to bolster your argument. I mean… what we’re talking about is a pretty essential human ability and has been key to our survival as a race. And then on top of that, Blades in the Dark does assume a greater degree of intuition for the characters. They are expected to he competent and capable scoundrels. They are nit average joes or run if the mill people. If that was the case, they wouldn’t be scoundrels.  I never understand this argument. If the purpose of the narration is to provide an accurate summary of the situation… if the goal is understanding… then why argue against something that helps that? Also, no matter how good the narration, it will NEVER equal the experience of actually being there. That’s an impossibility. So personally, I find that clocks and similar game elements actually help me as a player  feel as informed as the character would be. To address your A and B. On A… I don’t see how it’s an unnecessary out of character stress. It correlates to what’s happening in the fiction. As for B, again, I think your take on what’s believable is off. Competent people have feelings about progressing situations. They have hunches and instincts and all kinds of sensory input that may inform them. I don’t think it’s unbelievable at all. Yeah, again… I think what you’re describing is your game specifically, and not Blades in the Dark generally. That’s based on my personal experience and also those of many other people, some of whom have also been replying to you in this thread. I think you’ve made your decision and so I expect I’ll stop commenting on this. All I’ll add is that if you put half as much energy into listening a bit and trying to get what people are saying… if you tried to make what they say work instead of trying to prove that it doesn’t… I expect your game would improve. But for whatever reason, that doesn’t seem to be what you want.</blockquote>

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