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<blockquote data-quote="The-Magic-Sword" data-source="post: 9325416" data-attributes="member: 6801252">Yeah, I largely see it as being one of a few big things the system played actually matters for, either you're playing a game where decisions have asymmetrical consequences and therefore those consequences have to be weighed, and a decision can be better or worse, or you're playing a game where consequences are symmetrical and therefore decisions are aesthetic. Usually I see this thread question as being pertinent to the former, not the latter because there's an organic criterion for what could make a character bad (inability to contribute to solving problems.)Reading the rest of the thread I will add, that Gygaxian Skilled Play is kind of middle ground experience where there are decisions that matter and can be better or worse, but they aren't about character building-- the tradeoff is the loss of the experience of having a build, which is a pleasurable gaming thing (for me, at the very least) in and of itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The-Magic-Sword, post: 9325416, member: 6801252"] Yeah, I largely see it as being one of a few big things the system played actually matters for, either you're playing a game where decisions have asymmetrical consequences and therefore those consequences have to be weighed, and a decision can be better or worse, or you're playing a game where consequences are symmetrical and therefore decisions are aesthetic. Usually I see this thread question as being pertinent to the former, not the latter because there's an organic criterion for what could make a character bad (inability to contribute to solving problems.) Reading the rest of the thread I will add, that Gygaxian Skilled Play is kind of middle ground experience where there are decisions that matter and can be better or worse, but they aren't about character building-- the tradeoff is the loss of the experience of having a build, which is a pleasurable gaming thing (for me, at the very least) in and of itself. [/QUOTE]

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