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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6123048" data-attributes="member: 6681948"><p>I am capable of selecting my own vocabulary, thank you. One key difference between us is that you have no INTEREST in playing out a scene unless you have OK’d it in advance by expressing your INTEREST in that particular scene.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>As has been said, numerous times, both desert and siege stand outside the city, and between you and the Whatever It Is at Wherever It Is inside the city.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Crossing the desert is also tied to that goal. Entering a city under siege requires getting past the siege. Entering a city in the desert requires crossing the desert.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Quite true.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>As is crossing the desert.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Again, a key area of disagreement. “I don’t want to play out crossing the desert” is a “NO”. “I don’t want to skip crossing the desert” is also a “NO”.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Those goals, however many or few, that they were permitted to retain will be.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>But those two players with strong links weren’t advocating for dealing with that cult hunting BobPC down, were they? The story changes pretty rapidly in this thread.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>For the past several pages, we have discussed player control of characters, goals and campaign events, from which you take it that I want the GM to make those decisions. Does the GM count as one “NO” vote if he doesn’t like some aspect of your character or goals, or does the GM not count as part of the game? If the former, then we have simply added more people who can decide what your character can and cannot be or do if the alternative were a completely GM controlled game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6123048, member: 6681948"] I am capable of selecting my own vocabulary, thank you. One key difference between us is that you have no INTEREST in playing out a scene unless you have OK’d it in advance by expressing your INTEREST in that particular scene. As has been said, numerous times, both desert and siege stand outside the city, and between you and the Whatever It Is at Wherever It Is inside the city. Crossing the desert is also tied to that goal. Entering a city under siege requires getting past the siege. Entering a city in the desert requires crossing the desert. Quite true. As is crossing the desert. Again, a key area of disagreement. “I don’t want to play out crossing the desert” is a “NO”. “I don’t want to skip crossing the desert” is also a “NO”. Those goals, however many or few, that they were permitted to retain will be. But those two players with strong links weren’t advocating for dealing with that cult hunting BobPC down, were they? The story changes pretty rapidly in this thread. For the past several pages, we have discussed player control of characters, goals and campaign events, from which you take it that I want the GM to make those decisions. Does the GM count as one “NO” vote if he doesn’t like some aspect of your character or goals, or does the GM not count as part of the game? If the former, then we have simply added more people who can decide what your character can and cannot be or do if the alternative were a completely GM controlled game. [/QUOTE]
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