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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8224797" data-attributes="member: 23751">Probably.&nbsp; The reality is that the DM will rarely invoke that power, only doing so when appropriate.&nbsp; The players and DM will likely be on the same page with the DM on the timing and the ability to do so.Of course they're different.&nbsp; One is game play and the other part of the game world fiction that the players haven't encountered yet.&nbsp; What's right in front of you is almost always going to seem more important than the theoretical.&nbsp; A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.&nbsp; That's not the point.&nbsp; The point is that nothing is permanent and that if the DM has made the commitment to not change the game world once something is set in his notes, then saying it's malleable rather than permanent is a distinction without a difference.&nbsp; At that point the game setting fiction is as set as the shared fiction is.As for which has greater impact, that depends on what is being changed in both places.&nbsp; Something in the game notes might have a tremendous impact on play when it arrives, where the thing changed in the shared fiction could be very minor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8224797, member: 23751"] Probably. The reality is that the DM will rarely invoke that power, only doing so when appropriate. The players and DM will likely be on the same page with the DM on the timing and the ability to do so. Of course they're different. One is game play and the other part of the game world fiction that the players haven't encountered yet. What's right in front of you is almost always going to seem more important than the theoretical. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. That's not the point. The point is that nothing is permanent and that if the DM has made the commitment to not change the game world once something is set in his notes, then saying it's malleable rather than permanent is a distinction without a difference. At that point the game setting fiction is as set as the shared fiction is. As for which has greater impact, that depends on what is being changed in both places. Something in the game notes might have a tremendous impact on play when it arrives, where the thing changed in the shared fiction could be very minor. [/QUOTE]

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