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How much worldbuilding should novice GMs do? (forked thread)
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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 4742351" data-attributes="member: 32536"><p>Worldbuilding is the one task asked of DMs that requires the most experience to really pull off. In order to make a truly good campaign world, you need to know what makes a good adventure, how to turn setting elements into said adventures, how players may react to said elements and adventures, and countless other things that all require a lot of familiarity with both the game and your players. Detailed worldbuilding is <em>hard</em>, and I should know because I failed at it so much. My biggest mistake as a novice DM was trying to create a detailed setting before ever starting a campaign. The results were horrible, and several campaigns burned out and bit the dust quickly.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, individual adventure design isn't that hard in my opinion, so I would recommend any starting DM to just start with an adventure and let the campaign flow from there.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, I may need to take more of that advice myself. Even now I seem to be repeating old worldbuilding mistakes...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 4742351, member: 32536"] Worldbuilding is the one task asked of DMs that requires the most experience to really pull off. In order to make a truly good campaign world, you need to know what makes a good adventure, how to turn setting elements into said adventures, how players may react to said elements and adventures, and countless other things that all require a lot of familiarity with both the game and your players. Detailed worldbuilding is [i]hard[/i], and I should know because I failed at it so much. My biggest mistake as a novice DM was trying to create a detailed setting before ever starting a campaign. The results were horrible, and several campaigns burned out and bit the dust quickly. On the other hand, individual adventure design isn't that hard in my opinion, so I would recommend any starting DM to just start with an adventure and let the campaign flow from there. Honestly, I may need to take more of that advice myself. Even now I seem to be repeating old worldbuilding mistakes... [/QUOTE]
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