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<blockquote data-quote="thormagni" data-source="post: 1472797" data-attributes="member: 13637"><p>MVD,</p><p></p><p>This is going to probably come across as a smartask comment, but have you ever considered just writing fiction? I mean, RPGs are at heart interactive, mutual storytelling. At its simplest level, the GM sets the world and the actions/personalities of the NPCs, then the players control their characters' interactions with that world, their actions in that world and their characters' personalities. </p><p></p><p>Now, there have been some recent advances where players gain some control over the details of the setting and plot through the use of fate points/action points/ dramatic editing (in say, Conan/Spycraft and D20 Modern/Adventure D20 respectively) But the old, accepted paradigm is that the players move through the plot and world of the GM. </p><p></p><p>If what you are really interested in is telling stories where you control both the flow of the plot, the setting and the characters, it doesn't sound like interactive, mutual storytelling anymore. It sounds more like traditional fiction. </p><p></p><p>A side note, I am reviewing the new Exalted Player's Guide from White Wolf, so I am reading up on the Exalted setting and rules. I was surprised to find that White Wolf doesn't even call it a RPG, instead referring to it as a "Storytelling game." I had to go back through the old Vampire book I have and was even more surprised to realize it was also a "Storytelling game." I guess it never really registered before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thormagni, post: 1472797, member: 13637"] MVD, This is going to probably come across as a smartask comment, but have you ever considered just writing fiction? I mean, RPGs are at heart interactive, mutual storytelling. At its simplest level, the GM sets the world and the actions/personalities of the NPCs, then the players control their characters' interactions with that world, their actions in that world and their characters' personalities. Now, there have been some recent advances where players gain some control over the details of the setting and plot through the use of fate points/action points/ dramatic editing (in say, Conan/Spycraft and D20 Modern/Adventure D20 respectively) But the old, accepted paradigm is that the players move through the plot and world of the GM. If what you are really interested in is telling stories where you control both the flow of the plot, the setting and the characters, it doesn't sound like interactive, mutual storytelling anymore. It sounds more like traditional fiction. A side note, I am reviewing the new Exalted Player's Guide from White Wolf, so I am reading up on the Exalted setting and rules. I was surprised to find that White Wolf doesn't even call it a RPG, instead referring to it as a "Storytelling game." I had to go back through the old Vampire book I have and was even more surprised to realize it was also a "Storytelling game." I guess it never really registered before. [/QUOTE]
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