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<blockquote data-quote="CreamCloud0" data-source="post: 8950385" data-attributes="member: 7034710"><p>I think the time for players to primarily contribute to the world building is when it is still being built, the initial session zero’s and backstories, so that the GM can then take those ideas and incorporate them into a coherent whole, it is the GM who has to run the world and they will likely know far far more about the world than i will so suddenly inventing a religion or hero of the land or plonking down a major city where there wasn’t one five minutes ago and suddenly having to try to incorporate that might give them some issues with established information, which might trickle back down and have an adverse effect on my fun.</p><p></p><p>Once the world is created what is possible to just add in freely is greatly reduced, not removed entirely, but still significantly reduced.</p><p></p><p>There are some GMs who do not map out their entire gameworld before, adding and expanding the map as and when they need to, i would presume it is much easier for this GM to add new pieces to their world as ‘off the edges of the map’ is still malleable but even in this situation I don’t think a player should expect the GM to add their suggestions if they can’t find a way to satisfyingly integrate it</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CreamCloud0, post: 8950385, member: 7034710"] I think the time for players to primarily contribute to the world building is when it is still being built, the initial session zero’s and backstories, so that the GM can then take those ideas and incorporate them into a coherent whole, it is the GM who has to run the world and they will likely know far far more about the world than i will so suddenly inventing a religion or hero of the land or plonking down a major city where there wasn’t one five minutes ago and suddenly having to try to incorporate that might give them some issues with established information, which might trickle back down and have an adverse effect on my fun. Once the world is created what is possible to just add in freely is greatly reduced, not removed entirely, but still significantly reduced. There are some GMs who do not map out their entire gameworld before, adding and expanding the map as and when they need to, i would presume it is much easier for this GM to add new pieces to their world as ‘off the edges of the map’ is still malleable but even in this situation I don’t think a player should expect the GM to add their suggestions if they can’t find a way to satisfyingly integrate it [/QUOTE]
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