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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 7354619" data-attributes="member: 16586">When I think about player agency the first thing that comes to mind is What is a player expected to do? What (usually unspoken) principles should guide my decision making? Am I there to enjoy serial world exploration for its own sake? Am I there to find the GM's story and complete the predesignated scenario in the manner dictated? Am I supposed to carefully manage&nbsp; my resources? Am I supposed to play my PC with integrity as my main focus? Am I supposed to drive my PC like&nbsp; a stolen car? Where does the ultimate protagonism lie?The other thing that I think about is everyone's commitment to really following the fiction. Does the GM provide meaningful opportunities for players to find leverage over the current state of the fiction? Are there reliable ways to reason about the fiction? Is fictional positioning respected? Are the rules and fiction something that can be relied on? Does the GM or any player have designs on how things should work out that they are purposefully moving things toward? Are players overly precious about the ways their PC may be affected by events? What goals are players social free to pursue?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 7354619, member: 16586"] When I think about player agency the first thing that comes to mind is [B]What is a player expected to do?[/B] What (usually unspoken) principles should guide my decision making? Am I there to enjoy serial world exploration for its own sake? Am I there to find the GM's story and complete the predesignated scenario in the manner dictated? Am I supposed to carefully manage my resources? Am I supposed to play my PC with integrity as my main focus? Am I supposed to drive my PC like a stolen car? [B]Where does the ultimate protagonism lie?[/B] The other thing that I think about is everyone's commitment to really following the fiction. Does the GM provide meaningful opportunities for players to find leverage over the current state of the fiction? Are there reliable ways to reason about the fiction? Is fictional positioning respected? Are the rules and fiction something that can be relied on? Does the GM or any player have designs on how things should work out that they are purposefully moving things toward? Are players overly precious about the ways their PC may be affected by events? What goals are players social free to pursue? [/QUOTE]

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