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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 9103216" data-attributes="member: 16586">I personally use player agency to emphasize that I am speaking to meat space rather than just the imaginary space. There is a tendency within our hobby to romanticize play and not want to dig into details of how things like setting and scenario design are done, the process by which rulings are made, the social dynamics and expectations at the table, the impact of reward systems (both advance and what options are more effective at the table), etc. One common way this is done is the disclaiming of accountability for setting design decisions wherein GMs basically act like victims to their own setting and scenario design instead of taking responsibility for impact of decisions they have made in prep. Same goes for players who do not take responsibility for the characters they have designed and brought into play.I want to look at what is actually happening at the table. Not our feelings about the magic circle our entire hobby depends on.</blockquote>