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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7790661" data-attributes="member: 177">Ah.&nbsp; Maybe I see part of the issue.&nbsp; &quot;Freeform&quot; not just used to describe the rules directly, but instead the results of the rules.&nbsp; A very structured ruleset can produce very freeform play results.Let us consider just the magic in the game.&nbsp; In D&amp;D, pretty much all the magic the PCs can manifest is done in terms of defined spells that do very specific things.&nbsp; It is a very structured ruleset, and produces very structured results.Mage: the Ascension was all about playing magi, wizards, spellcasters - the magic system was the central part of the game, the largest part, and solidly structured around how you accomplish a feat of magic.&nbsp; But what the feat of magic was?&nbsp; That was very freeform.&nbsp; With the same rules structure one could blast you with lightning.&nbsp; Or Fire.&nbsp; Slam you to the floor with excess weight, or light up a theater stage performance.&nbsp; The results were freeform, not structured by the rules.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7790661, member: 177"] Ah. Maybe I see part of the issue. "Freeform" not just used to describe the rules directly, but instead the [I]results[/I] of the rules. A very structured ruleset can produce very freeform play results. Let us consider just the magic in the game. In D&D, pretty much all the magic the PCs can manifest is done in terms of defined spells that do very specific things. It is a very structured ruleset, and produces very structured results. Mage: the Ascension was all about playing magi, wizards, spellcasters - the magic system was the central part of the game, the largest part, and solidly structured around [I]how[/I] you accomplish a feat of magic. But what the feat of magic was? That was very freeform. With the same rules structure one could blast you with lightning. Or Fire. Slam you to the floor with excess weight, or light up a theater stage performance. The [I]results[/I] were freeform, not structured by the rules. [/QUOTE]

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