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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8695205" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I don't see how there can be a degree here, or anything other than a binary. If you present choices that are supposed to matter, but they specifically do not matter, how is there any degree to that?Are you really saying that travelling due west and travelling due north are choices that aren't supposed to have ANY physical significance or consequences on the people making the journey, that they will have literally exactly the same experience, travel to EXACTLY the same places, etc., etc.?If I'm allowed to choose a destination between distinct options, those options should, y'know, actually be distinct. This isn't hard, this isn't some weird narrow specific thing. This is an example people have repeatedly used in both this thread and previous threads.Then you really over-sold how much preparation was required. MASSIVELY over-sold it. Your statements about &quot;you don't have to prepare everything&quot; very much came across as &quot;you don't have to truly prepare everything...but you should always get as close as possible to preparing everything.&quot; This came from statements like: &quot;Quality preparation can make sure that every moment at the table matters.&quot;If what you meant was, &quot;Every DM does a mix of heavy impromptu improvisation, and heavy planning, and the exact balance point will vary from person to person and even from session to session,&quot; that....was not at all what I got from it. Particularly because your presentation offered zero-prep and very nearly zero-prep, and seemed to be making a very clear &quot;more prep is essentially always better.&quot; You gave a fig leaf that &quot;there is a point of diminishing returns&quot; and basically never otherwise touched the possibility that one can over-prepare. Which is a serious issue for a lot of DMs...particularly those who feel they need to railroad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8695205, member: 6790260"] I don't see how there can be a degree here, or anything other than a binary. If you present choices that are [I]supposed to matter[/I], but they specifically [I]do not[/I] matter, how is there any degree to that? Are you really saying that travelling due west and travelling due north are choices that aren't supposed to have ANY physical significance or consequences on the people making the journey, that they will have [I]literally exactly[/I] the same experience, travel to EXACTLY the same places, etc., etc.? If I'm allowed to choose a destination between distinct options, those options should, y'know, [I]actually be distinct[/I]. This isn't hard, this isn't some weird narrow specific thing. This is an example people have repeatedly used in both this thread and previous threads. Then you really over-sold how much preparation was required. MASSIVELY over-sold it. Your statements about "you don't have to prepare everything" very much came across as "you don't have to truly prepare [I]everything[/I]...but you should always get [I]as close as possible[/I] to preparing everything." This came from statements like: "Quality preparation can make sure that every moment at the table matters." If what you [I]meant[/I] was, "Every DM does a mix of heavy impromptu improvisation, and heavy planning, and the exact balance point will vary from person to person and even from session to session," that....was not at all what I got from it. Particularly because your presentation offered zero-prep and [I]very nearly[/I] zero-prep, and seemed to be making a very clear "more prep is [I]essentially[/I] always better." You gave a fig leaf that "there is a point of diminishing returns" and basically never otherwise touched the possibility that one can over-prepare. Which is a serious issue for a lot of DMs...[I]particularly those who feel they need to railroad[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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