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Well, "burn down" is metaphorical. Usually. :) I'm more emphasizing the greater point that the rationale for a setting is to give the...

Exactly. The work you do for a campaign setting frame is like building a bonfire. You stack a bunch of pieces together to give the...

And the point I'm making is that building a setting that isn't anchored in a group of players' interests and choices is a waste of time...

And that’s totally fine. If a player agrees to a game with a tight premise, and later on decides they don’t want to do that anymore...

Why is working out a mutually-acceptable compromise always "the DM's fun hav[ing] to take a back seat"? You are creating an us-vs-them...

I don't choose to play CoC. Why do you think that might be? Even ignoring my dislike of eldritch horror, the fact the setting is so...

@soviet responded more or less how I would, but more politely, so I won't say that. I see this so-called "compromise" as an open slap...

So a couple thoughts in this. First, and simply, describing the process of Brindlewood Bay as “a random check” is way off. It’s like...

This is where a lot of conspiracy theorist get turned around. They become hyper focused on some detail they can't find a good...

I think it's also relevant who your players are. I only play with friends and we have a longstanding group. If I describe a campaign...

Are these not compromises?

I don't think 'play a human but call yourself a dragonborn if you want' is a compromise that would satisfy many people, presumably the...

You're adding unnecessary details to make the excuse for a full rejection to be the only solution. There was nothing presented within...

More what? More of us who prefer a more collaborative approach? Yes, there most certainly are more of us than before. Are we a majority...

I think this is a fair topic, to illustrate that a mentioned concern is, frankly, an entirely different issue that requires an entirely...