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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Boots" data-source="post: 5575243" data-attributes="member: 92239">It's most of it.&nbsp; The issue is cognitive dissonance.&nbsp; When the game revolved around a shared imaginary space without a strict visual phys rep, people weren't as distracted and would spend more time in roleplay.&nbsp; This was certainly true in my 3e and 2e campaigns when we didn't use much in the way of game mats or minis.When the game revolves around a physical rep of imaginary space AND the rules revolving around that space take a significant amount of time to resolve actions AND the average time people sit down to play can easily be filled with that resolution it's easy to see why people say you can't rp with the game.It's because they're not using their time to RP.&nbsp; I'll also note that when running 1e, 2e and 3e games with minis, I had much the same experience.&nbsp; Of course the time elapsed varied with each system but once you start pulling people out of their heads, they don't focus on the RP as much.KB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Boots, post: 5575243, member: 92239"] It's most of it. The issue is cognitive dissonance. When the game revolved around a shared imaginary space without a strict visual phys rep, people weren't as distracted and would spend more time in roleplay. This was certainly true in my 3e and 2e campaigns when we didn't use much in the way of game mats or minis. When the game revolves around a physical rep of imaginary space AND the rules revolving around that space take a significant amount of time to resolve actions AND the average time people sit down to play can easily be filled with that resolution it's easy to see why people say you can't rp with the game. It's because they're not using their time to RP. I'll also note that when running 1e, 2e and 3e games with minis, I had much the same experience. Of course the time elapsed varied with each system but once you start pulling people out of their heads, they don't focus on the RP as much. KB [/QUOTE]

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