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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 7618031" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>Have you often (or too often) seen that happen, in a situation such that the GM attempted to paper over such weaknesses in the story content, via florid narration? or via other emphasis on the *scenery* of the story? The arboreal elven settlements in the Jackson "Lord of the Rings" movies are visually impressive, but using them as the setting is no substitute for call to action, nor is the term "arboreal" a substitute for call to action.</p><p></p><p>If your experience with narration with literary pretensions, is narration which is not also in the service of effective situation, effective framing, and effective call to action, then you understandably have an axe to grind. Your experience would be like buying cake from a bakery which lacks competence at the skill of mixing flour, sugar and water, and heating them for the right temperature at the right duration; and which attempts to cover for that lack of core skill, by covering their cakes with way too much gooey, sugary frosting.</p><p></p><p>Is cake-baking a frosting endeavor? No, not necessarily. But in practice, many of us expect at least *some* frosting on *most* birthday cakes. If you are on a Vendetta Against Frosting, some of us will rise to the defense of *appropriate* amounts of frosting on *competently baked* cakes. Similarly, Hussar and I are arguing for *appropriate* amounts of literary technique (including, but not limited to, narration vocabulary), on *competently baked* scenarios (which includes competently presented calls to action).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 7618031, member: 6786839"] Have you often (or too often) seen that happen, in a situation such that the GM attempted to paper over such weaknesses in the story content, via florid narration? or via other emphasis on the *scenery* of the story? The arboreal elven settlements in the Jackson "Lord of the Rings" movies are visually impressive, but using them as the setting is no substitute for call to action, nor is the term "arboreal" a substitute for call to action. If your experience with narration with literary pretensions, is narration which is not also in the service of effective situation, effective framing, and effective call to action, then you understandably have an axe to grind. Your experience would be like buying cake from a bakery which lacks competence at the skill of mixing flour, sugar and water, and heating them for the right temperature at the right duration; and which attempts to cover for that lack of core skill, by covering their cakes with way too much gooey, sugary frosting. Is cake-baking a frosting endeavor? No, not necessarily. But in practice, many of us expect at least *some* frosting on *most* birthday cakes. If you are on a Vendetta Against Frosting, some of us will rise to the defense of *appropriate* amounts of frosting on *competently baked* cakes. Similarly, Hussar and I are arguing for *appropriate* amounts of literary technique (including, but not limited to, narration vocabulary), on *competently baked* scenarios (which includes competently presented calls to action). [/QUOTE]
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