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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson Longinus" data-source="post: 9513630" data-attributes="member: 7025508">Unlike the god thing, that is not a setting detail I would have concerns about. But if what you're actually asking is if I would have concerns about player adding setting details, that would depend on the procedures and limitations that exist in the game regarding the setting detail adding, and your example does not elucidate on that.Now personally I probably would handle player involvement in this style of setting details a bit differently. For example if the party was heading to the home town of one of the characters (and we would not have seen this town in the game before) I might, well before the game, ask the player if their character had particular acquaintances or other noteworthy connections to the town they would want to offer some input on. Then I would have time to craft those elements as part of the whole as I would plan the town.Yes I did, but I don't feel you quite grasp what was said.So what you're not getting, is that it is not about &quot;exploits,&quot; that sounds bad and negative, something you are not really supposed to do. But I fully agree with [USER=29398]@Lanefan[/USER] that if the players are given a tool, then using that tool becomes a legit gameplay strategy. And that is not a bad thing, but if you don't want the sort of game where that strategy is used, then don't give the players the tool!And there absolutely are games where extensive player setting control is expected, and its use is a valid strategy. But those games usually have mechanics built to support that, and D&amp;D really doesn't. So I don't think it is a particularly good fit for this game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson Longinus, post: 9513630, member: 7025508"] Unlike the god thing, that is not a setting detail I would have concerns about. But if what you're actually asking is if I would have concerns about player adding setting details, that would depend on the procedures and limitations that exist in the game regarding the setting detail adding, and your example does not elucidate on that. Now personally I probably would handle player involvement in this style of setting details a bit differently. For example if the party was heading to the home town of one of the characters (and we would not have seen this town in the game before) I might, well before the game, ask the player if their character had particular acquaintances or other noteworthy connections to the town they would want to offer some input on. Then I would have time to craft those elements as part of the whole as I would plan the town. Yes I did, but I don't feel you quite grasp what was said. So what you're not getting, is that it is not about "exploits," that sounds bad and negative, something you are not really supposed to do. But I fully agree with [USER=29398]@Lanefan[/USER] that if the players are given a tool, then using that tool becomes a legit gameplay strategy. And that is not a bad thing, but if you don't want the sort of game where that strategy is used, then don't give the players the tool! And there absolutely are games where extensive player setting control is expected, and its use is a valid strategy. But those games usually have mechanics built to support that, and D&D really doesn't. So I don't think it is a particularly good fit for this game. [/QUOTE]

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