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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6830341" data-attributes="member: 996">In a sense, there isn't a fourth wall in RPGs, since the players are both protagonists (or metaphorical actors or directors, depending on style) and audience.That's a better measure.&nbsp; A 'scene' could be part of a weeks-long trek or one duel in the context of a larger battle, for instance.&nbsp; One scene could cover a day, another a few moments.&nbsp; IIRC, Gandalf doesn't exactly do magic in every scene he's in, though he does do or reference something - display arcane knowledge or relate a personal experience from the distant past or whatever - that re-asserts his supernatural nature.To a degree that works.&nbsp; To the degree that there aren't too many other PCs or NPCs swinging swords or casting firebolts, and to the degree that the difference between swinging a sword and swinging an ax or poking vitals with a dagger are as different as those between casting firebolt and casting acid splash or sacred flame, I suppose....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6830341, member: 996"] In a sense, there isn't a fourth wall in RPGs, since the players are both protagonists (or metaphorical actors or directors, depending on style) and audience. That's a better measure. A 'scene' could be part of a weeks-long trek or one duel in the context of a larger battle, for instance. One scene could cover a day, another a few moments. IIRC, Gandalf doesn't exactly do magic in every scene he's in, though he does do or reference something - display arcane knowledge or relate a personal experience from the distant past or whatever - that re-asserts his supernatural nature. To a degree that works. To the degree that there aren't too many other PCs or NPCs swinging swords or casting firebolts, and to the degree that the difference between swinging a sword and swinging an ax or poking vitals with a dagger are as different as those between casting firebolt and casting acid splash or sacred flame, I suppose.... [/QUOTE]

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