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<blockquote data-quote="spyscribe" data-source="post: 907791" data-attributes="member: 5808">I don't annotate a whole lot per se within story entries--although it's early days yet, we'll see if that changes where there are more recurring characters--but I do try to make sure the exposition gets in there.&nbsp; After all, without any extras the narrative gets reduced to: Party gets attacked.&nbsp; Party kicks butt.&nbsp; Party investigates attack.&nbsp; Party misses obvious clues in favor of interrogating every NPC in the city...That being said, the story hour also has campaign sidebars with world information, the pantheon, etc.&nbsp; which is just laid out for the reader Joe Friday style.&nbsp; It's generally information that is so ordinary to the characters that they wouldn't stop to think about it, but would be unfamiliar to anyone not living (or playing) in the DM's homebrew campaign world.We've gotten good feedback on the sidebars so far.&nbsp; Ideally, they shouldn't be necessary for someone just interested in reading the story, but provide a bit more depth for the curious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spyscribe, post: 907791, member: 5808"] I don't annotate a whole lot per se within story entries--although it's early days yet, we'll see if that changes where there are more recurring characters--but I do try to make sure the exposition gets in there. After all, without any extras the narrative gets reduced to: Party gets attacked. Party kicks butt. Party investigates attack. Party misses obvious clues in favor of interrogating every NPC in the city... That being said, the story hour also has campaign sidebars with world information, the pantheon, etc. which is just laid out for the reader Joe Friday style. It's generally information that is so ordinary to the characters that they wouldn't stop to think about it, but would be unfamiliar to anyone not living (or playing) in the DM's homebrew campaign world. We've gotten good feedback on the sidebars so far. Ideally, they shouldn't be necessary for someone just interested in reading the story, but provide a bit more depth for the curious. [/QUOTE]

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