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<blockquote data-quote="p_johnston" data-source="post: 9468884" data-attributes="member: 7016849">So I will say that while I think that is...like 90% true they do make concessions towards it being a show produced for an audience that I am fairly certain wouldn't happen during an at home game. In a home game the number 1 priority is &quot;make sure everyone at the table is having fun&quot; with a secondary priority of &quot;tell a good story&quot; because that is a good way to make sure everyone has fun. For a live play podcast like CR those two are switched.For example the start season 3 it took nearly 2 hours before the final character was introduced. While this made for a fun immersive start to the story for people watching in a non-streamed d&amp;d game making a players just sit on their hands for that long until they get introduced would be a terrible idea. Same with the way the handle character death. When a character dies the player routinely ends up sitting out somewhere between 1 and 4 full episodes before a new character is introduced or the old one is revived. Imagine if during a casual game a player died and the DM had them sit there not doing anything for 3 full 4+ hour sessions before they got revived.Now I'm not saying that the players aren't having fun (They appear to be having lots of fun) and I'm not saying the show is scripted (I genuinely think that the players get the surprises the same time as us). I'm not even saying that CR has a different list of priorities then what they would have if it was a home game. I'm just saying that the order of importance is definitely different, even if they aren't openly acknowledging it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="p_johnston, post: 9468884, member: 7016849"] So I will say that while I think that is...like 90% true they do make concessions towards it being a show produced for an audience that I am fairly certain wouldn't happen during an at home game. In a home game the number 1 priority is "make sure everyone at the table is having fun" with a secondary priority of "tell a good story" because that is a good way to make sure everyone has fun. For a live play podcast like CR those two are switched. For example the start season 3 it took nearly 2 hours before the final character was introduced. While this made for a fun immersive start to the story for people watching in a non-streamed d&d game making a players just sit on their hands for that long until they get introduced would be a terrible idea. Same with the way the handle character death. When a character dies the player routinely ends up sitting out somewhere between 1 and 4 full episodes before a new character is introduced or the old one is revived. Imagine if during a casual game a player died and the DM had them sit there not doing anything for 3 full 4+ hour sessions before they got revived. Now I'm not saying that the players aren't having fun (They appear to be having lots of fun) and I'm not saying the show is scripted (I genuinely think that the players get the surprises the same time as us). I'm not even saying that CR has a different list of priorities then what they would have if it was a home game. I'm just saying that the order of importance is definitely different, even if they aren't openly acknowledging it. [/QUOTE]

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