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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8200292" data-attributes="member: 6787503">More immersive than what, though? I think there's a difference between making decisions based on what I think my character would do (which I don't find very immersive at all) and making decisions as my character. Is that the sort of difference you have in mind?All I can say is I agree with [USER=16586]@Campbell[/USER]'s statement up-thread (if I'm remembering/paraphrasing correctly) that any perceived discrepancy between my character as established by in-game events and what's written on the character sheet should be settled in favor of the former.The character doesn't do anything without the player deciding what it does. I find that my immersion depends on those decisions closely resembling the decisions people make about what they themselves do. I don't think most people's decisions hinge on ideas of what they would do. I think people are more concerned with doing what they want to do or what they think they should do. I mean, who makes decisions by thinking about themselves and what type of person they are and then asking themselves what that type of person would do?Improvised authorship is still authorship, but I think I get the distinction you're making. I don't think of myself as an author when I'm roleplaying (unless I happen to be roleplaying an author). I think of myself as the character. What results, however, is an act of authorship. I made something up about my character.Would you say that, in your games, and seeing that this thread is in the D&D forum, that this is seen as an unstated rule of the game? It certainly isn't in my games, but I think if it were a rule or had some mechanical backing in the rules, I might be more tolerant of it as a resolution process. For instance, if I as a player had to succeed on an Intelligence check for my character to make the "come up with a plan" move, I wouldn't find it nearly as un-immersive as trying to gauge my character's plan making to its Intelligence score.</blockquote>

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