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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8431789" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I agree.&nbsp; What works for my gaming style may not work for others.&nbsp; I know that, in theory, I could give my players much more narrative control (and I do give them a lot of freedom in a lot of areas) and eventually they would get better.But does that make for a better game?&nbsp; I'm not so sure, at least not for me whether I'm DMing or playing.&nbsp; It's like the difference between reading a good book and writing a story.&nbsp; I enjoy both, but reading feels very different.&nbsp; The advantage of D&amp;D is that you do get narrative control over the PC but it's against a backdrop that exists outside of the PC.&nbsp; It's more ... realistic probably isn't a word I think really applies to D&amp;D ... but that's the closest I can come.Maybe for me it's a difference between &quot;what did you do for the weekend&quot; that's constrained by my budget and circumstances and a dream I had last night.&nbsp; Or maybe I'm just babbling incoherently.&nbsp; I guess I just like having an established world with set boundaries and one person in charge of what those boundaries are.&nbsp; Sort of.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure&nbsp; &nbsp; :unsure:"&nbsp; data-smilie="24"data-shortname=":unsure:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8431789, member: 6801845"] I agree. What works for my gaming style may not work for others. I know that, in theory, I could give my players much more narrative control (and I do give them a lot of freedom in a lot of areas) and eventually they would get better. But does that make for a better game? I'm not so sure, at least not for me whether I'm DMing or playing. It's like the difference between reading a good book and writing a story. I enjoy both, but reading feels very different. The advantage of D&D is that you do get narrative control over the PC but it's against a backdrop that exists outside of the PC. It's more ... realistic probably isn't a word I think really applies to D&D ... but that's the closest I can come. Maybe for me it's a difference between "what did you do for the weekend" that's constrained by my budget and circumstances and a dream I had last night. Or maybe I'm just babbling incoherently. I guess I just like having an established world with set boundaries and one person in charge of what those boundaries are. Sort of. :unsure: [/QUOTE]

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