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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4900309" data-attributes="member: 710">I tend to think the "narrative" or "story-telling" aspects of roleplaying games exist to define the role you play. For example, if you spend a "metagame resource" like a possibility, action point or hero point, you are basically saying "this is a situation that's important to the character." MIght it be fate or hidden reserves in himself, he gets an extra benefit.If you can decide aspects of the game world, you do so to highlight the role you play. Introducing a dog that ate a precious gem defines your characters tendency to be "Poor as Dirt". It enables you to roleplay this character - you describe how it can be that he keeps staying poor, and enables you to roleplay through the resulting conflicts.</blockquote>