Its making sense to me. If I was going to put a priority or mode of operation on my play it would probably look something like this.

1. Tactical position
2. Fictional position
3. Social position
4. Psychic position

Which is to say I’m most curious about what kinds of characters and world a systems incentives will produce. Sometimes at the cost of findi g the heart of a character or even reading the mood of a table.

I’m fairly good at internalizing systems and maneuvering characters through them. I enjoy seeing what kind of characters emerge from adapting to overcome challenges. This is probably why I enjoy the organic growth of BW so much.

When I ask questions its mostly from a viewpoint of focusing on relationships to factions. When I play BitD I have to be careful not to sspend to long talking about the fiction. I have to remember to zoom in and bring up scenes to ground the game in character motivations.

I’m also self conscious of the mood at the table and spreading spotlight and supporting other players ideas.

Its around this time that I sort of run out of bandwidth and the psychic position is neglected. I know understanding character motivations is important but I have a hard time accessing that space. This also extends sometimes to being able to find the voice of a returning npc. Mostly I’ve been seeking out freeform rpgs to try to train up my psychic position. And I also realize when I butt heads with other players sometimes its because they value the psychic position more than me.