Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Does the world exist for the PCs?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 7613502" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>On one hand, thank you for introducing a specific example. Those often bring ideas into focus and give commenters more specific approaches.</p><p></p><p>On another hand, your scenario is missing a step which to me seems obvious.</p><p></p><p>DM buys book. DM contacts player 1: "I've got this campaign book and I'm itching to DM. The setting is a desert wasteland, like Athas or Dark Sun. If that sounds fun to you, and if you're free on Thursday evenings, then claim a seat at the table, and write a character appropriate to the setting."</p><p></p><p>Player 1 responds: "Awesome! I've got a few character builds I want to try. One of them is a Tempest cleric with Pirate background. Are there lightning storms in this desert? Would your setting have raiders, who are equivalent to pirates, but attacking caravans on land rather than ships at sea?" (There are indeed lighting storms without any rain reaching the surface, in the western American deserts, and also in parts of Australia.)</p><p></p><p>Player 2 responds: "I'm only interested in games in which I can play a Fey Pact Warlock Firbolg. If your setting doesn't have warlocks, doesn't have firbolgs, or doesn't have access to the Feywild, then good luck finding other players, because this game is not for me."</p><p></p><p>DM sighs, and calls player 3. Dwarven Barbarian? Sure, why not.</p><p></p><p>DM then calls player 4, who doesn't have Thursdays free.</p><p></p><p>DM calls player 5, who says "Sounds fun. If you already have players with specific PCs, and we don't have any healers yet, then I could go Druid, Circle of the Land (Desert). Or shall we design PCs together at session zero, so that we end up with a well-rounded compatible party?"</p><p></p><p>I mean... why (and how) would you recruit players *without telling them what kind of game you plan to run*, thus setting up the conflict you describe?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 7613502, member: 6786839"] On one hand, thank you for introducing a specific example. Those often bring ideas into focus and give commenters more specific approaches. On another hand, your scenario is missing a step which to me seems obvious. DM buys book. DM contacts player 1: "I've got this campaign book and I'm itching to DM. The setting is a desert wasteland, like Athas or Dark Sun. If that sounds fun to you, and if you're free on Thursday evenings, then claim a seat at the table, and write a character appropriate to the setting." Player 1 responds: "Awesome! I've got a few character builds I want to try. One of them is a Tempest cleric with Pirate background. Are there lightning storms in this desert? Would your setting have raiders, who are equivalent to pirates, but attacking caravans on land rather than ships at sea?" (There are indeed lighting storms without any rain reaching the surface, in the western American deserts, and also in parts of Australia.) Player 2 responds: "I'm only interested in games in which I can play a Fey Pact Warlock Firbolg. If your setting doesn't have warlocks, doesn't have firbolgs, or doesn't have access to the Feywild, then good luck finding other players, because this game is not for me." DM sighs, and calls player 3. Dwarven Barbarian? Sure, why not. DM then calls player 4, who doesn't have Thursdays free. DM calls player 5, who says "Sounds fun. If you already have players with specific PCs, and we don't have any healers yet, then I could go Druid, Circle of the Land (Desert). Or shall we design PCs together at session zero, so that we end up with a well-rounded compatible party?" I mean... why (and how) would you recruit players *without telling them what kind of game you plan to run*, thus setting up the conflict you describe? [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Does the world exist for the PCs?
Top