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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 7311408" data-attributes="member: 6685730">It's interesting: zero planning can actually work very well for your genre.  If you've seen any string of Alias episodes by JJ Abrams, you'd know that impossible situations regularly come up, and have even more impossible explanations.That being said, lack of planning can pretty easily lead to story inconsistencies.  For example, I'm running a Skyrim game right now, and I could go into great (unplanned) detail in a random NPC encounter when the PCs meet a guardsman who is from Rorikstead and remembers the procession of Emperor Titus Mede II through his town, celebrating the signing of the White-Gold Concordat.  While a PC might have notes in her character concept that she also grew up in Rorikstead, and has always wanted to meet the emperor because she's an imperial and aspiring politician.  And the lore of the game says that Skyrim was immediately at odds with the emperor because he agreed to outlaw Talos worship - a favorite among Nords (Skyrim citizens).So, if the emperor was in Rorikstead, why didn't the PC get to see him?  And how was he able to have a parade in the middle of the province, when Skyrim is going into civil war because of the treaty he signed?  Cue JJ Abrams, or a little pre-planning.Then more power to you <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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