thread: 2009-07-13 : How About Some Q and A
On 2009-07-14, Roger wrote:
So we've got poor old Iana staring up at that tower.
"I sure hope Iana climbs that tower!" you say. That's a player stating that he wants something—Iana climbing the tower—to happen in the fiction.
But nothing's actually happened in the fiction. Iana hasn't climbed the tower, or tried to climb the tower, or started to climb the tower, or even formed the intention to climb the tower.
"Iana wants to climb the tower!" you say. That's a player stating that his character wants to do something—climb the tower.
That's part of the fiction now. It might not be a utilizeable part of the fiction, necessarily, but it's still out there and established.
