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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 7792171" data-attributes="member: 16586">I value specificity of the fiction because focusing in on those details makes the experience of playing the game more fun for me. This is true as a player and as a GM. These small moments matter and I want to give them the weight that they deserve. Speaking generally while character goals are important for some things and I very much want to know them for the sake of my curiosity having a detailed understanding of what is going on right now in this moment is more important to me. I want to know what's going on so firm consequences for failure and success can be set. I want to know what's going on so we can focus on the drama of the moment. For me the entire point of playing roleplaying games are these moments of tension where the decisions I make and risks I take impact the outcome. There is no where to get to. That will work itself out. The group can find that out together. Sometimes we can elide details like say exhaustively searching while we go along dungeon corridors might simply mean we need to travel at a much slower pace which should still be consequential, but when we get to a room with an elaborate set of traps to navigate where we search may become more salient. Just like some conversations can be covered in broad strokes while in others we drill down to the specific exchanges.&nbsp;The point is that play is all about the choices we make and the impact those choices have. There is no need to rush through things because there is nothing to rush to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 7792171, member: 16586"] I value specificity of the fiction because focusing in on those details makes the experience of playing the game more fun for me. This is true as a player and as a GM. These small moments matter and I want to give them the weight that they deserve. Speaking generally while character goals are important for some things and I very much want to know them for the sake of my curiosity having a detailed understanding of what is going on right now in this moment is more important to me. I want to know what's going on so firm consequences for failure and success can be set. I want to know what's going on so we can focus on the drama of the moment. For me the entire point of playing roleplaying games are these moments of tension where the decisions I make and risks I take impact the outcome. There is no where to get to. That will work itself out. The group can find that out together. Sometimes we can elide details like say exhaustively searching while we go along dungeon corridors might simply mean we need to travel at a much slower pace which should still be consequential, but when we get to a room with an elaborate set of traps to navigate where we search may become more salient. Just like some conversations can be covered in broad strokes while in others we drill down to the specific exchanges. The point is that play is all about the choices we make and the impact those choices have. There is no need to rush through things because there is nothing to rush to. [/QUOTE]

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