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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 8994663" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I think what frustrates me about these conversations is that one form of making things up is offered as "more real" or "objectively real" and so on than another form of making things up. Which is just odd since in both cases, things are being made up. GMs simply don't need to have the level of control over the world to the extent that is often suggested. What's happening is not the creation of an "objectively real" fictional world, but it is instead a fictional world that is more controlled by one person. Typically, what most people are saying is that they want or need (or believe that they need) that amount of control to depict a consistent fictional world. It's their preference, which is fine. However, it's nothing more than a preference. Folks should instead say "I can't depict a consistent fictional world unless I prepare much/most/all of it ahead of time". I think this is the crux of it. D&D requires at least some level of preparation... some level of control by the DM. It will vary from person to person or group to group according to preference. But what amount do they "need"? Not nearly as much as many think.</blockquote>