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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fusangite" data-source="post: 2439332" data-attributes="member: 7240">Well, I'm not sure I can anatomize it. All I can say is that creation is an intense, enjoyable and rewarding cognitive process; and it provides fulfilment for me as a GM regardless of what the players choose to do with it.I'm not at all good at writing narrative fiction. Also, I need to random elements players and dice provide; I conceptualize these worlds in such an ordered way that I'm kind of a randomness/free will vampire. I can't bring one of these things to life by myself.Sadly no. I mean to but then I don't get around it it.And yet other parts I can see piercing through the metatext like the four ages of Middle Earth corresponding to the four ages of the Holy Roman Empire as described in the 865 Vision of Charlemagne. I think a great world is one that contains both types of creative process.I still occasionally take a break and make that kind of world. It is a fulfilling experience; and I do like sociological and historical verisimilitude when I can pull it off.That's the spirit!Don't get me wrong: I do plenty of that too. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> But people are so unused to symbolic communication in RPGs it only looks like a sledgehammer clue to you.Ever considered doing a Beowulf plot? I think it would be perfect for D&D: first the earth monster, then the water monster, then the fire monster. All the scenes work well too. But that's the risk with strapping metatext to plot rather than setting: it is way more likely to produce railroading.I find getting players into genuinely distinct non-modern cultures is really tough. Many insist on importing certain modern ideas wherever they go. It's one of the areas where I consistently have to struggle as a GM. In what ways are these cultures different? And how do you convey these differences to your players in a way they genuinely take in?</blockquote>

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