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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 9568720" data-attributes="member: 4303">I think this sums it up very succinctly.It seems to me that there are many, many instances where a character's agency in the game is reduced or denied, and the player should be able to represent that faithfully, without any kind of forceful intervention by the GM: fear effects, enchantments, illusions, intoxication, whatever. It does seem odd to me that a social interaction which is skill-governed should deserve special consideration; I still don't see why.Given that - in the real world - it is the social interaction which we would encounter (barring intoxication, I suppose), I can only state that I have encountered situations where I have been goaded into precipitous action against my better judgement, and I have backed down in situations where I felt intimidated, I have been deceived etc. No magic was involved, and it seems only reasonable that any character which I might portray in an RPG be subject to the same emotional and situational pressures.</blockquote>