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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7630232" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>Yep. It just needs to be acknowledged that the act of determining which particular version of the shared fiction to use is itself not a roleplaing action. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>If you state you fly in a roleplaying game where the shared fiction is that you cannot then the DM's job is to remind you of the fact that the shared fiction doesn't allow for you to fly. Some may do that jokingly by saying your character flaps his arms but nothing happens - done solely as a form of comic relief and not to take away your actual control of your character. But regardless of what the DM does to remind you of the proper shared fiction, the end result is that you choose some other course of action for your PC. Ultimately that means there is no impact to roleplaying there.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which is not playing a role - The act of determining which version of the shared fiction is real is not roleplaying. The act of inserting some truth into the shared fiction is not roleplaying. Roleplaying does involve inserting some truths into the shared fiction but it does so solely through the character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7630232, member: 6795602"] Yep. It just needs to be acknowledged that the act of determining which particular version of the shared fiction to use is itself not a roleplaing action. If you state you fly in a roleplaying game where the shared fiction is that you cannot then the DM's job is to remind you of the fact that the shared fiction doesn't allow for you to fly. Some may do that jokingly by saying your character flaps his arms but nothing happens - done solely as a form of comic relief and not to take away your actual control of your character. But regardless of what the DM does to remind you of the proper shared fiction, the end result is that you choose some other course of action for your PC. Ultimately that means there is no impact to roleplaying there. Which is not playing a role - The act of determining which version of the shared fiction is real is not roleplaying. The act of inserting some truth into the shared fiction is not roleplaying. Roleplaying does involve inserting some truths into the shared fiction but it does so solely through the character. [/QUOTE]
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