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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3663386" data-attributes="member: 48965">You know, this is totally dependant upon the type of players you have.&nbsp; With a...we show up for the dungeon of the week group...the extra info is pointless.&nbsp; For players that pursue they're own goals and interst...tidbits like this allow them to choose or not choose to investigate and pursue different aspects of the world, without me force feeding them an adventure.&nbsp; I'd rather give them five sentences on the item, and see if they're interested or not, than prepare a whole adventure about the barbarians and then discover (after a week of work) they aren't interested in it.&nbsp; I guess my biggest problem with making it relevant right now, is that my players tend to make what they want relvant and skip over what they aren't interested in, this means anything could be relevant to them.Yet the opposite camp also promotes that the purpose of the DM is to make sure his players are having fun and cater to this.&nbsp; So isn't this just the DM being &quot;beholden&quot; to the players?&nbsp; Do I owe my players any more than they owe me as a DM?&nbsp; I don't think so.&nbsp; That's why compatible playstyles are important.&nbsp; Everyone should be having fun, and compatibility and/or compromise promotes this.&nbsp; I expect a certain amount of attention in the game, in the same way they expect me to pay attention to the actions they're characters take, or want to pursue (even if I think it's boring).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 3663386, member: 48965"] You know, this is totally dependant upon the type of players you have. With a...we show up for the dungeon of the week group...the extra info is pointless. For players that pursue they're own goals and interst...tidbits like this allow them to choose or not choose to investigate and pursue different aspects of the world, without me force feeding them an adventure. I'd rather give them five sentences on the item, and see if they're interested or not, than prepare a whole adventure about the barbarians and then discover (after a week of work) they aren't interested in it. I guess my biggest problem with making it relevant right now, is that my players tend to make what they want relvant and skip over what they aren't interested in, this means anything could be relevant to them. Yet the opposite camp also promotes that the purpose of the DM is to make sure his players are having fun and cater to this. So isn't this just the DM being "beholden" to the players? Do I owe my players any more than they owe me as a DM? I don't think so. That's why compatible playstyles are important. Everyone should be having fun, and compatibility and/or compromise promotes this. I expect a certain amount of attention in the game, in the same way they expect me to pay attention to the actions they're characters take, or want to pursue (even if I think it's boring). [/QUOTE]

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