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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 9040128" data-attributes="member: 6785785">Right, this is why actual examples from play are always better than these incomplete &quot;what ifs&quot; that come up in these discussions. We definitely don't have enough information to know what would make more sense in the fiction. But that's beside the point.... the point is that all of it is constructed. So what? Not in every game, but certainly in many, PCs are not typical folks. Crazy crap happens to them and around them at all times. I think your take here relies on a pretty traditional gaming viewpoint. Where things continually happen to the characters. They're not carving their own way... they're just wandering from one unconnected thing to another. And in the past you've vehemently asserted that your players have agency. &quot;No, no... you don't find the fantastic thing you're looking for... you find this totally unrelated fantastic thing!&quot; The idea that this is more realistic is bonkers. Sure. Just drop the realistic argument because it's totally misguided.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 9040128, member: 6785785"] Right, this is why actual examples from play are always better than these incomplete "what ifs" that come up in these discussions. We definitely don't have enough information to know what would make more sense in the fiction. But that's beside the point.... the point is that all of it is constructed. So what? Not in every game, but certainly in many, PCs are not typical folks. Crazy crap happens to them and around them at all times. I think your take here relies on a pretty traditional gaming viewpoint. Where things continually happen to the characters. They're not carving their own way... they're just wandering from one unconnected thing to another. And in the past you've vehemently asserted that your players have agency. "No, no... you don't find the fantastic thing you're looking for... you find this totally unrelated fantastic thing!" The idea that this is more realistic is bonkers. Sure. Just drop the realistic argument because it's totally misguided. [/QUOTE]

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