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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9285845" data-attributes="member: 82106">Hmmm, I think we have utterly different ideas about how RPGs work. Honestly I mostly feel like that is true with TA as well, while his rosters and such might be usable to elide plot, I'm not sure he's really interested in doing that except on a very local scale. The &quot;three clues&quot; juxtaposed with &quot;situations, not plots&quot; really cannot be resolved any other way. He's not talking about true player freedom to interact with content and PLOT to emerge. He's just saying that specific tactical situations aren't scripted, but all the nodes and clues and such at the next level up, the 'adventure arc' is all totally mapped out, its plot to the max! I mean, it may be &quot;several alternatives might emerge&quot; but all of them were thoroughly envisaged by the GM.OTOH an AW game does this top to bottom, there's NEVER any plot, at any level of play. Only what story emerges and the plot which that entails after the fact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 9285845, member: 82106"] Hmmm, I think we have utterly different ideas about how RPGs work. Honestly I mostly feel like that is true with TA as well, while his rosters and such might be usable to elide plot, I'm not sure he's really interested in doing that except on a very local scale. The "three clues" juxtaposed with "situations, not plots" really cannot be resolved any other way. He's not talking about true player freedom to interact with content and PLOT to emerge. He's just saying that specific tactical situations aren't scripted, but all the nodes and clues and such at the next level up, the 'adventure arc' is all totally mapped out, its plot to the max! I mean, it may be "several alternatives might emerge" but all of them were thoroughly envisaged by the GM. OTOH an AW game does this top to bottom, there's NEVER any plot, at any level of play. Only what story emerges and the plot which that entails after the fact. [/QUOTE]

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