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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 9102686" data-attributes="member: 6785785">No one’s ignoring it. You are ignoring anything beyond it. There’s no such thing as character agency. I’ve been talking primarily about 5e D&D. I’ve specifically mentioned different 5e games I’ve participated in that had different levels of agency. If someone feels they don’t have enough of something, what might they typically hope for? Has anyone advocating for high agency games indicated this is a concern? But what if you don’t know you’re being railroaded and you feel like you have agency? That's all that matters, right? My guess is that the combination of several things is what’s causing the feeling of loss of agency. The adversarial relationship with his players that [USER=6684958]@bloodtide[/USER] not only has but seems to enjoy, possibly hidden rolls, likely undeclared to hit bonuses, a homebrew spell (of thousands, apparently, thousands!!) that may or may not be accurately designed, and perhaps low-blood sugar since the player is not allowed to snack except at designated times! Seems like a perfect storm!</blockquote>