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Are characters ever aware of their own game mechanics?
by sagotsky on Aug.11, 2013, under meta
This sounds like a dumb question. I really want to insult myself for thinking to ask it. But every so often I’ll make a comment about how RPG characters shouldn’t speak in game rules and I’ll get corrected because of course those characters are familiar with their stats and abilities.
I try really hard to be accepting of other player styles than my own. When I get invited to a game, I don’t try to convert them to my style but I try to find the fun in their style. Even if I don’t enjoy it myself, I try to be aware that there are players who do and I may even try to figure out who those players are.
But I can’t for the life of me figure out who would want to play in a game where the characters know their own stats, levels, and such.