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<blockquote data-quote="Mortonia" data-source="post: 3939247" data-attributes="member: 48747"><p>Not to step on Siani's toes, but another good reason is setting consistancy. If individual players can have this kind of effect on the setting (for example, knocking all the walls of the tavern down), and other players aren't privy to that information, you end up with some characters reacting to it, and some not.</p><p></p><p>You end up with the same sort of thing even with little things like the weather. I live in the US, so I tend to play my characters with the weather outside my window at that moment (right now that would be snow and ice). However for our Australian friends, it's the middle of summer (or very nearly) over there, so you can wind up with some very humorous scenes, like this:</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">Mortonia walks into the tavern with her cloak wrapped tight around her to ward off the chill wind</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">Some_Other_Guy walks in from the garden, mopping his brow from the oppressive summer heat.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now imagine that carried to the level of whole parts of the town being razed, but only some of the characters know about it. I think you begin to see the problems. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mortonia, post: 3939247, member: 48747"] Not to step on Siani's toes, but another good reason is setting consistancy. If individual players can have this kind of effect on the setting (for example, knocking all the walls of the tavern down), and other players aren't privy to that information, you end up with some characters reacting to it, and some not. You end up with the same sort of thing even with little things like the weather. I live in the US, so I tend to play my characters with the weather outside my window at that moment (right now that would be snow and ice). However for our Australian friends, it's the middle of summer (or very nearly) over there, so you can wind up with some very humorous scenes, like this: [SIZE=3][FONT=Garamond]Mortonia walks into the tavern with her cloak wrapped tight around her to ward off the chill wind Some_Other_Guy walks in from the garden, mopping his brow from the oppressive summer heat.[/FONT][/SIZE] Now imagine that carried to the level of whole parts of the town being razed, but only some of the characters know about it. I think you begin to see the problems. :) [/QUOTE]
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