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Is there a purpose for the "agree" verb outside of roleplaying? I understand we can already nod in agreement and speak in agreement (verbiage). It seems unusual to have a roleplaying verb that seems to convey something to the room without explaining how. If I agree with someone, for example, how exactly can others tell that? How can the person I'm agreeing with tell? Is it that I'm nodding or do I say I agree? Maybe worth a suggestion for improvement.
When an author in a story says
Doug disagrees with Kandor.
you probably conjure an image of that particular interaction, while I may conjure a completely different image.
Kandor agrees.
This likewise is very clear, yet allows a certain artistic / experiential image that can differ for each of us.
It's a powerful mechanism, and it should stay, unaltered. In fact, we need more 'imagery' verbs, not less.
The imagination is simply too powerful to waste with explicitness.
Doug
Doug disagrees with Kandor.
you probably conjure an image of that particular interaction, while I may conjure a completely different image.
Kandor agrees.
This likewise is very clear, yet allows a certain artistic / experiential image that can differ for each of us.
It's a powerful mechanism, and it should stay, unaltered. In fact, we need more 'imagery' verbs, not less.
The imagination is simply too powerful to waste with explicitness.
Doug
