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<blockquote data-quote="Monayuris" data-source="post: 7596743" data-attributes="member: 6859536">What does it mean to &amp;quot;Challenge the Character&amp;quot;?Good question. I don’t think it is even possible to challenge the character.D&amp;D can only ever challenge the player. Even in heavy mechanical games with character powers, it is the player who chooses if and when to use those powers. I think your second phrase is the most accurate. There is no such thing as challenging the character. The character doesn’t have any agency in the game, only the player.That being said, there are gradations on how much the mechanical aspects of the character matters to the game.Some people want high levels of mechanical/ character capabilities, others prefer a more interactive puzzle style. But there is always a player decision involved, so in all cases the player is the one who is challenged</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monayuris, post: 7596743, member: 6859536"] [b]What does it mean to "Challenge the Character"?[/b] Good question. I don’t think it is even possible to challenge the character. D&D can only ever challenge the player. Even in heavy mechanical games with character powers, it is the player who chooses if and when to use those powers. I think your second phrase is the most accurate. There is no such thing as challenging the character. The character doesn’t have any agency in the game, only the player. That being said, there are gradations on how much the mechanical aspects of the character matters to the game. Some people want high levels of mechanical/ character capabilities, others prefer a more interactive puzzle style. But there is always a player decision involved, so in all cases the player is the one who is challenged [/QUOTE]

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