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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7053717" data-attributes="member: 29398">Well, unless one's intent is to run a complete sandbox with no ongoing backstory whatsoever, the plot or backstory has to come from somewhere...and in a homebrew setting that source has to be the DM, at least to start with.Then how do the characters/players know what's going on and-or what to do and-or what impact their actions* may have beyond the immediate?&nbsp; If there's no plot or backstory at all they're operating in a vacuum.&nbsp; And if there is a plot or backstory then it's come from you, the DM, even if only to get things started.&nbsp; What happens to it after that is randomly dependent on many things not least of which are dice.* - before these actions are done.Then where did the plot come from, if one is present at all?It's a bit of both.&nbsp; The DM probably has a story or plot in mind going in, and some of it even might see play, but the actual story of the played game isn't complete (and thus can't be fully told) until the campaign is over.Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7053717, member: 29398"] Well, unless one's intent is to run a complete sandbox with no ongoing backstory whatsoever, the plot or backstory has to come from somewhere...and in a homebrew setting that source has to be the DM, at least to start with. Then how do the characters/players know what's going on and-or what to do and-or what impact their actions* may have beyond the immediate? If there's no plot or backstory at all they're operating in a vacuum. And if there is a plot or backstory then it's come from you, the DM, even if only to get things started. What happens to it after that is randomly dependent on many things not least of which are dice. * - before these actions are done. Then where did the plot come from, if one is present at all? It's a bit of both. The DM probably has a story or plot in mind going in, and some of it even might see play, but the actual story of the played game isn't complete (and thus can't be fully told) until the campaign is over. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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