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Players before or after the setting.

Started by SilvercatMoonpaw, November 11, 2008, 09:26:32 PM

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LordVreeg

In fact, I have had many more gazebo-involved disasters than demonic ones, in our real world...
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Yeah, real world demonic disasters would suck. Glad to hear you haven't had too many, LV. Sorry to hear about all the gazebos. I hear they're vulnerable to fire, though.
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LordVreeg

on the other hand, there is something demonic about my influence on the integrity of Hard Drives.  I just managed to destroy another one....SOmething off about my magnetic field...
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Steel Island Online gaming thread
The Collegium Arcana Online Game
Old, evil, twisted, damaged, and afflicted.  Orbis non sufficit.Thread Murderer Extraordinaire, and supposedly pragmatic...\"That is my interpretation. That the same rules designed to reduce the role of the GM and to empower the player also destroyed the autonomy to create a consistent setting. And more importantly, these rules reduce the Roleplaying component of what is supposed to be a \'Fantasy Roleplaying game\' to something else\"-Vreeg

Kaptn'Lath

Lord Vreeg a walking EMP, cursed to a life of dieing hard drives, glichy video drivers, jammed buttons, and bad cell phone reception?

I usually talk to my players about what type of location and theme they want, but let them know how i GM an RPG (adventure, interaction, exploration, looting usually in that order). I think Divset is the only type of prebuilt setting that can satisfying to most anyone, as their supposed to have a splash of everything, and any detail that gets in the way can be easily overridden without massive repercussions. Any singular idea/theme no matter how inviting and well executed cannot please everybody. Talking with your players is a must i think, at least for long term enjoyment.
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Quote from: LathI think Divset is the only type of prebuilt setting that can satisfying to most anyone, as their supposed to have a splash of everything, and any detail that gets in the way can be easily overridden without massive repercussions. Any singular idea/theme no matter how inviting and well executed cannot please everybody.
To some extent I agree (assuming by everybody you mean everybody that agreed to play in the first place). But I think that a Ethocentric setting does not necessarily determine the type of campaign to be played--many may lend themselves to intrigue, hack & slash, exploration, or a mix.

DivSet is naturally going to accommodate more campaigns, and more diverse campaigns, simply because that's the idea behind the design--to sacrifice focus for diversity and accessibility. But few ethocentric settings are so narrowly focused that they allow only a single campaign, or focus literally on a single idea (unless the idea in question is incredibly broad).
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