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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9011248" data-attributes="member: 6684958"><p>If I'm going to buy a campaign setting, I want it to be very through and detailed. After all that IS what I am buying. I want there to be tons and tons and tons of stuff for me to use at a glance. Even more so the more complicated inter weaving of everything together. </p><p></p><p>It's a waste of space to type "High Hill is a big city" and never give any information about it or even a map.</p><p></p><p>Plus, I KNOW, that no matter how much "detail" a product has...it will barley scratch the surface. For everything they text out, they don't tell you about a hundred other things. And this is on top of whatever bias the writer has, as they might be a "low magic" person and write how the empire only has ONE wizard who only has enough magic power to cast light once a year. And this is on top of any silly, boring, dull or uninteresting things that might make it in too. The city of High Hill covers ten pages, but seven pages are all about the giant rats and the rat king.</p><p></p><p>So even with a ton a detail, I will always be adding things. But it's nice to have details so A) I don't need to make them up or B) I have things to use that I would not normally make up. If I don't like "knights in shinning armor" it's nice to have a "order of knights" in detail or if I don't like halflings then to have a "Hin Quarter of the city".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9011248, member: 6684958"] If I'm going to buy a campaign setting, I want it to be very through and detailed. After all that IS what I am buying. I want there to be tons and tons and tons of stuff for me to use at a glance. Even more so the more complicated inter weaving of everything together. It's a waste of space to type "High Hill is a big city" and never give any information about it or even a map. Plus, I KNOW, that no matter how much "detail" a product has...it will barley scratch the surface. For everything they text out, they don't tell you about a hundred other things. And this is on top of whatever bias the writer has, as they might be a "low magic" person and write how the empire only has ONE wizard who only has enough magic power to cast light once a year. And this is on top of any silly, boring, dull or uninteresting things that might make it in too. The city of High Hill covers ten pages, but seven pages are all about the giant rats and the rat king. So even with a ton a detail, I will always be adding things. But it's nice to have details so A) I don't need to make them up or B) I have things to use that I would not normally make up. If I don't like "knights in shinning armor" it's nice to have a "order of knights" in detail or if I don't like halflings then to have a "Hin Quarter of the city". [/QUOTE]
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