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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8656448" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>And I would dispute that 'inciting incident' is more 'correct'. Writing and RPG design/play theory are two totally different topics. Why do you assume that we must use the terminology YOU happen to prefer and that this is the only correct term? 'Kicker' is a perfectly cromulent&nbsp; and succinct term for what we're talking about. It is an incident in the immediate past of a PC which provides an impetus to action. I don't think 'Inciting Incident' would be bad, maybe its better, maybe not, but surely written fiction is not exactly identical to RPG play and to demand that all our terminology is taken from a topic you seem specifically familiar with seems, well, demanding! I mean, I'm sure other people can come up with other terms that happen to be used by people here in RPG discussions which could be found to be close cognates to ones used in various other fields. I bet movie makers have their own term for an inciting incident for example.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8656448, member: 82106"] And I would dispute that 'inciting incident' is more 'correct'. Writing and RPG design/play theory are two totally different topics. Why do you assume that we must use the terminology YOU happen to prefer and that this is the only correct term? 'Kicker' is a perfectly cromulent and succinct term for what we're talking about. It is an incident in the immediate past of a PC which provides an impetus to action. I don't think 'Inciting Incident' would be bad, maybe its better, maybe not, but surely written fiction is not exactly identical to RPG play and to demand that all our terminology is taken from a topic you seem specifically familiar with seems, well, demanding! I mean, I'm sure other people can come up with other terms that happen to be used by people here in RPG discussions which could be found to be close cognates to ones used in various other fields. I bet movie makers have their own term for an inciting incident for example. [/QUOTE]

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