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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 3344455" data-attributes="member: 386">I think that you should use as few words as possible while still getting the valuable information across.I recall one Star Wars game where the PCs went to a refugee planet.&nbsp; In my notes I have written down: &quot;Impress the SIZE and REFUGEES on them.&quot;&nbsp; So I probably said something like:&quot;When you land, everywhere around you, you see the teeming masses of refugees and the crappy little shacks that they live in.&nbsp; They're tired, they're hungry, they're cold, dirty.&quot;Then I probably reinforced the description by having street urchins try to sell tchotchkes to the PCs.I don't need to describe what they are wearing, or what the shacks look like, or where everything is in relation to everything else.&nbsp; That description is enough to get across everything I want to say for the entire planet, and it sets up the stakes for when the Empire comes to invade.There are times when you want to go a little overboard on descriptions, though.&nbsp; Maybe when the PCs are going over their loot after a really tough fight and have just nabbed something awesome, or a PC makes an awesome attack or casts fireball for the first time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 3344455, member: 386"] I think that you should use as few words as possible while still getting the valuable information across. I recall one Star Wars game where the PCs went to a refugee planet. In my notes I have written down: "Impress the SIZE and REFUGEES on them." So I probably said something like: "When you land, everywhere around you, you see the teeming masses of refugees and the crappy little shacks that they live in. They're tired, they're hungry, they're cold, dirty." Then I probably reinforced the description by having street urchins try to sell tchotchkes to the PCs. I don't need to describe what they are wearing, or what the shacks look like, or where everything is in relation to everything else. That description is enough to get across everything I want to say for the entire planet, and it sets up the stakes for when the Empire comes to invade. There are times when you want to go a little overboard on descriptions, though. Maybe when the PCs are going over their loot after a really tough fight and have just nabbed something awesome, or a PC makes an awesome attack or casts fireball for the first time. [/QUOTE]

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