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== Tabletop Games == |
== Tabletop Games == |
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* In ''[[Exalted]]'', arguably most raksha would fit into this, although it would be quite possible for them to be wrong about what genre they're in. Also, the Infernal Exalted have Acts of Villainy that they can use to lose limit. These include telling their opponents their evil plan, leaving them in a deathtrap, and [[ |
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', arguably most raksha would fit into this, although it would be quite possible for them to be wrong about what genre they're in. Also, the Infernal Exalted have Acts of Villainy that they can use to lose limit. These include telling their opponents their evil plan, leaving them in a deathtrap, and [[Scarpia Ultimatum|forcing people into marriage]]. |
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* In a fairly meta example, anyone who plays roleplaying games for any length of time will develop this, and also become [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]], because of the [[Fourth Wall]]. To elaborate, while anyone who's played for any length of time will pick up on the cliches and tropes that the [[Game Master]] uses due to dozens of exposures, the character being played will not, so the player must act as if [[Genre Blindness|genre blind]], or risk [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] which most [[Game Master|GMs]] frown upon. If you forgo the contractual genre blindness and go with [[No Fourth Wall]], this leads to powergaming, [[Munchkin|Munchkins]], a [[Killer Game Master]] and, when it all comes crashing down, [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]. |
* In a fairly meta example, anyone who plays roleplaying games for any length of time will develop this, and also become [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]], because of the [[Fourth Wall]]. To elaborate, while anyone who's played for any length of time will pick up on the cliches and tropes that the [[Game Master]] uses due to dozens of exposures, the character being played will not, so the player must act as if [[Genre Blindness|genre blind]], or risk [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] which most [[Game Master|GMs]] frown upon. If you forgo the contractual genre blindness and go with [[No Fourth Wall]], this leads to powergaming, [[Munchkin|Munchkins]], a [[Killer Game Master]] and, when it all comes crashing down, [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]. |
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== Videogames == |
== Videogames == |
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