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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robertsconley" data-source="post: 9638494" data-attributes="member: 13383">The short answer is that when using World in Motion, i.e., the living world, it gets tracked, but not everything gets updated at the same time. Stuff gets updated when it is relevant to the campaign. For me, relevant is anything within the character's immediate social circle or external elements that could impact the characters and their social circle, like a king proclaiming a holiday or war. Otherwise it is still in its file with whatever information it had when it was last used.When it is relevant, it gets updated to the present day using whatever procedure the referee figures best for their campaign. For me it is a combination of reasonable extrapolation, and the use of dice as an oracle. Other referee use dice only, other fiat only. Everybody has their own way of managing it. People vary in their capacity to handle simultaneous elements. What I found boils down to organization. It doesn't matter so much how much you can track at once. What matters is how quickly you can find something when you need to track it. I learned long ago how to use the Palace of Memory technique to find where my notes are. The entry point is either a timeline I memorized or a geographical index. From there, I can zero in on where to pull the note to read up on or, in some cases, just outright remember.It only special in that it is a skill that needs to be practiced to be good at and keep one's notes well organized.Also, to be clear, while this works for me as the referee, the players, on the other hand, pretty much only keep track of a half dozen things at most. And generally will focus on one or two things. If your interested I can illustrate my points with detailed example that had just occurred over the past two months.</blockquote>

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