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<blockquote data-quote="AJA" data-source="post: 804475" data-attributes="member: 821">Absolutely. I loved the &quot;Current Clack&quot; sections in the old FR products also. The FRCS has them as well, although IMO they are weighted too far towards &quot;adventure hooks&quot; and not enough towards &quot;general world color.&quot;EN board member SHARK put it very well a couple of months ago when he wrote (in the course of conversation), &quot;The world doesn't wait with baited breath for what six people sitting in a tavern somewhere are going to do this spring, regardless of how high a level they are. The world just has more important things to do.&quot;I love that quote. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I think Current Clack (whether through village gossip, bard's tales, or one-copper broadsheets) helps to flesh out a world, to make it live and breathe beyond the walls of the dungeon the PCs are currently delving.[ self pimp ] My own version of such &quot;background color&quot; can be seen in the <a href="http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/2566/waterdeep-herald.htm" target="_blank">Waterdeep Herald Archives</a>.&nbsp; [ /self pimp ]. It utilizes the &quot;newssheet&quot; format, and &quot;ages&quot; as events unfold. Since I often post new editions to the REALMS-L mailing list, I also tend to attach small &quot;what this means&quot; or &quot;what really happened&quot; sections to each event, in order to impart some out-of-game notes to those reading it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AJA, post: 804475, member: 821"] Absolutely. I loved the "Current Clack" sections in the old FR products also. The FRCS has them as well, although IMO they are weighted too far towards "adventure hooks" and not enough towards "general world color." EN board member SHARK put it very well a couple of months ago when he wrote (in the course of conversation), "The world doesn't wait with baited breath for what six people sitting in a tavern somewhere are going to do this spring, regardless of how high a level they are. The world just has more important things to do." I love that quote. :D I think Current Clack (whether through village gossip, bard's tales, or one-copper broadsheets) helps to flesh out a world, to make it live and breathe beyond the walls of the dungeon the PCs are currently delving. [ self pimp ] My own version of such "background color" can be seen in the [URL=http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/2566/waterdeep-herald.htm]Waterdeep Herald Archives[/URL]. [ /self pimp ]. It utilizes the "newssheet" format, and "ages" as events unfold. Since I often post new editions to the REALMS-L mailing list, I also tend to attach small "what this means" or "what really happened" sections to each event, in order to impart some out-of-game notes to those reading it. [/QUOTE]

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