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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8237862" data-attributes="member: 42582">The players have no access to the GM's imagination except by the GM either speaking to them or drawing sketches.Describe is a synonym, in this context, for tell or communicate. What you have stated - the GM describes what the players perceive, the players say what they do, the GM responds with a description, ruling, invoking a mechanic - is no different from what I have posted dozens, maybe hundreds, of times. The GM describing what the players (I think you mean PCs?) see is the GM telling them what is in his/her imagination. The GM responding to player action declarations with a description is the GM telling them more about what is in his/her imagination.The description you gave of the &quot;fundamental exchange&quot; is no different from anything I am posting. You assert that it is reductive to say that the GM tells the players what is in his/her imagination but think it is non-reductive to use the synonymous (in context) the GM describes to the players the world that they are perceiving.As [USER=16586]@Campbell[/USER] has mentioned already in this thread, you seem to regard any description of the process that does not also valorise the aim and experience of your play as reductive. I don't regard it as incumbent on me to assure that you're enjoying your RPGing - I assume you can do that yourself. I am describing the process of play. And it's hardly foreign to me - I've engaged it in, a great deal, as player and as GM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8237862, member: 42582"] The players have no access to the GM's imagination except by the GM either speaking to them or drawing sketches. [I]Describe [/I]is a synonym, in this context, for [I]tell [/I]or [I]communicate[/I]. What you have stated - [I]the GM describes what the players perceive, the players say what they do, the GM responds with a description, ruling, invoking a mechanic - [/I]is no different from what I have posted dozens, maybe hundreds, of times. The GM describing what the players (I think you mean [I]PCs[/I]?) see is the GM telling them what is in his/her imagination. The GM responding to player action declarations with a description is the GM telling them more about what is in his/her imagination. The description you gave of the "fundamental exchange" is no different from anything I am posting. You assert that it is reductive to say that [I]the GM tells the players what is in his/her imagination [/I]but think it is non-reductive to use the synonymous (in context) [I]the GM describes to the players the world that they are perceiving[/I]. As [USER=16586]@Campbell[/USER] has mentioned already in this thread, you seem to regard any description of the process that does not also valorise the aim and experience of your play as reductive. I don't regard it as incumbent on me to assure that you're enjoying your RPGing - I assume you can do that yourself. I am describing the process of play. And it's hardly foreign to me - I've engaged it in, a great deal, as player and as GM. [/QUOTE]

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