Rec | ME, I SEE THINGS

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Rec'd on 🍎 DO YOU SEE WORDS, IMAGES OR NOTHING WHEN YOU THINK?

But I play D&D with a variety of people. As a DM running the game I've learned over the years that you're basically the narrator to the 5 senses for each player's character. So I've upped my descriptor game to give context. That's when I learned that some players have no internal visuals or dialogue... So I have to show them or they can't even guess what a goblin may look like. Many see words. I see them glance down and look as tho they're reading as I describe the world around them. Then I'm not sure if they sorta see it or not. Many also can visualize pretty well, but younger people seem to have no real concept of dimensions. A 30' by 30' room means nothing to them as a reference. Other peoples brains I think are designed to confuse me. lol But I've been alive 4 decades and my own brain baffles me enough sometimes

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@byel

That’s so amazing i never thought of that. I used to play dnd with my uncle and my brother when we were kids, but we didnt have a board or anything, we just had the dices and my uncle drew the maps and settings very poorly on paper with a pen, but i remember imagining the whole thing very vividly and with loads of details. But i never thought of how was my brother imagining everything or if he even was imagining something, thats insane.

2d ago

@starlet

it is always so interesting to see how much of a difference there is in between people's experiences with fantasy reading and DND.

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