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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9054167" data-attributes="member: 6906155">The whole of the world is not so abstract, but there is always more detail the DM or players could add, if they don't mind the game dragging. Did the vendor have a big nose? Where how tall where they? Generally, the amount of detail tells the players how significant something is (also a trope in CRPGs). Go back and ask your players about something that happened earlier in the game, and they will all give you different versions and different details. The lesson of Rashomon is there is no true version of events. It's all perception, and everyone's perception is different.But vagueness can be used by the DM to avoid narrating the player. Especially in the situation where it is unimportant, like interacting with the scenery.And it may be that the vase was created by the player.DM: &quot;You enter the princess's chamber, it is luxuriously furnished.&quot;Player: &quot;Are there any vases in the room?&quot;DM [making something up]: &quot;yes, there is a vase of flowers on the desk.&quot;Player: &quot;I walk over, smash the vase, and yell angrily at the princess.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9054167, member: 6906155"] The whole of the world is not so abstract, but there is always more detail the DM or players [I]could[/I] add, if they don't mind the game dragging. Did the vendor have a big nose? Where how tall where they? Generally, the amount of detail tells the players how significant something is (also a trope in CRPGs). Go back and ask your players about something that happened earlier in the game, and they will all give you different versions and different details. The lesson of Rashomon is there is no [I]true [/I]version of events. It's all perception, and everyone's perception is different. But vagueness can be used by the DM to avoid narrating the player. Especially in the situation where it is unimportant, like interacting with the scenery. And it may be that the vase was [I]created[/I] by the player. DM: "You enter the princess's chamber, it is luxuriously furnished." Player: "Are there any vases in the room?" DM [making something up]: "yes, there is a vase of flowers on the desk." Player: "I walk over, smash the vase, and yell angrily at the princess." [/QUOTE]

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