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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8162102" data-attributes="member: 29398">I'm not discouraging them from making stuff up about the game world just like we used to make stuff up about the real world.  I will discourage them from expecting what they make up to be or become anything more than words passing in the air, particularly if it's anything big.Sure, if your PC did time in the militia and you-as-player want to dream up the names of some of your unit commanders I'm not going to stop you - have at it!  But if you start making up what battles you were in (as opposed to using ones that might be in the setting history) then I'm going to stop you hard as you're almost certainly going to run aground on pre-established setting history, with or without realizing it.I'm neither a fan of nor cheering against the PCs.  I neutrally and - I hope - fairly present the setting and the challenges within it and it's up to them/their players to sort out how to defeat or get through or avoid those challenges.To me, if I were truly a fan of the PCs I'd never truly challenge them as I'd want them to win all the time without hurt or suffering, just like any sport team I'm a fan of; and that'd make for a pretty boring game.Conversely, if I were actively cheering against the PCs I'd just kill 'em all dead, raise a cheer, and have done with it; which would make the game both pointless and extremely short.</blockquote>