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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9111273" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I've never used that term, so I can't really comment. "DM Story Hour," I mean. Like, I've literally never used the phrase "story hour" on this forum, and I'm fairly sure I've never used it anywhere else, either. From what I can tell, folks certainly have used it in this thread. I didn't actually read any of those posts (as I have more than once checked out of the thread), and it looks like at least some of the relevant posters have been directly told off--which would seem to be the repudiation for such terms you are hoping for.So what jargon exactly have I used? Where have I spoken badly of things? I have, as much as possible, endeavored to factor in the opinions of actual posters in this thread--some of whom have explicitly said they want "less" agency, whether in terms of fewer instances of it (not many want that, but some do, the abnegatory/"I just want to sling dice and not think about it that hard" interest) or in terms of fewer forms of it (something to the effect of an improv actor/"I just want to take care of my character.")Sometimes I want that too. Not often, mind, as I usually get those itches scratched in other ways. And sometimes I want even more agency than gaming can meaningfully provide. At which point I turn to the pen and page (or, well, the keyboard and Google doc) and work something out in that space instead. Even my favorite games can't always give me the agency I want from something; they don't offer enough. I'm not sure any game could.Am I slighting my own preferences by saying that? Am I slighting 4e by saying that I think it's probably a lower-agency game than 13th Age, which is probably a lower-agency game than Dungeon World?</blockquote>

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