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<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 7758758" data-attributes="member: 23935">I don't recall much GM advice wrt classic Traveller let alone advice to maintain narrative pressure.&nbsp; Where did you find it?The problems I have with concerning myself with the &quot;good of the story&quot; is twofold.&nbsp; First, it's not my story; I have input, each player has input, and we allow random input.&nbsp; Ultimately, though, it is the players' story; they pick the challenges, they devise the stratagems, and act on them for good or ill.Second, what I think makes a good engaging story is almost certainly at odds with the story each player wants and in all likelihood, they will have a hard time agreeing between themselves.&nbsp; I was originally drawn to RPGs because of the &quot;But I would've done it differently!&quot; cry I made when the protagonists did something I thought obviously foolish or did not do something I thought obviously sensible.&nbsp; It's sort of like pizza toppings.&nbsp; Everyone has their own favourites.&nbsp; D&amp;D doesn't offer a lot of signs for players to signal what they want included in their story unlike so many other systems. -- including most of the ones you reference.&nbsp; The best signal a player can make as to what story they'd like to see is their action declarations.&nbsp; My best option is to react to those signals as plausibly as I can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 7758758, member: 23935"] I don't recall much GM advice wrt classic Traveller let alone advice to maintain narrative pressure. Where did you find it? The problems I have with concerning myself with the "good of the story" is twofold. First, it's not my story; I have input, each player has input, and we allow random input. Ultimately, though, it is the players' story; they pick the challenges, they devise the stratagems, and act on them for good or ill. Second, what I think makes a good engaging story is almost certainly at odds with the story each player wants and in all likelihood, they will have a hard time agreeing between themselves. I was originally drawn to RPGs because of the "But I would've done it differently!" cry I made when the protagonists did something I thought obviously foolish or did not do something I thought obviously sensible. It's sort of like pizza toppings. Everyone has their own favourites. D&D doesn't offer a lot of signs for players to signal what they want included in their story unlike so many other systems. -- including most of the ones you reference. The best signal a player can make as to what story they'd like to see is their action declarations. My best option is to react to those signals as plausibly as I can. [/QUOTE]

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