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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9715390" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>I don't see that changing anything. If that mechanic exists, you still can't climb without it, making it a part of the fictional climb. The only way the PC is climbing without a mechanic being part of the fictional climb is for there not to be any mechanic at all.</p><p></p><p>That means that yes, you can imagine your character climbing the wall. And he does, because there's no mechanic to say otherwise. You could also say he walks up to the clouds. And he does, because there's no mechanic to say otherwise.</p><p></p><p>To remove all mechanics from the fiction, you have to remove all mechanics that are used to resolve fictional things. At that point, though, it's not really a roleplaying game. It's a storytelling game with the DM and players just spouting stories at one another, mixing them together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9715390, member: 23751"] I don't see that changing anything. If that mechanic exists, you still can't climb without it, making it a part of the fictional climb. The only way the PC is climbing without a mechanic being part of the fictional climb is for there not to be any mechanic at all. That means that yes, you can imagine your character climbing the wall. And he does, because there's no mechanic to say otherwise. You could also say he walks up to the clouds. And he does, because there's no mechanic to say otherwise. To remove all mechanics from the fiction, you have to remove all mechanics that are used to resolve fictional things. At that point, though, it's not really a roleplaying game. It's a storytelling game with the DM and players just spouting stories at one another, mixing them together. [/QUOTE]
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