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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5390484" data-attributes="member: 1210">No, he didn't. As you have acknowledged later. I presume after getting called on this and actually going back and reading his post. So why the attacks?Well, maybe YOU &quot;have to do the larger amount of reading&quot;, but in my opinion, having to read more than a page to get into the game isn't necessarily the mark of a good campaign. It's very often the mark of an overly-wordy dm that may well want to write a book instead of run a game where the pcs have independence and the ability to effect the outcome of their choice. There's nothing wrong with having more written material- I'm totally okay with thousands of pages of campaign stuff- but if it's necessary to get into your game? Prolly not worth the effort. Learn to summarize the important stuff. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at a dm's &quot;intro to my campaign&quot; stuff and found it to be nothing I need to know to make my character. Really- I don't care about the major exports of your various nations and city-states, nor do I need to know the names of the various rulers and their consorts. I don't need to know the history of the world in exacting detail, nor do I need a list of the various goliath settlements in the hinterlands.A few lines of &quot;this is what makes this option different, cool or exciting&quot; is all I need. The rest is all butter on the toast. If it's good, then great! But don't ask me to choke it down if the butter is piled 6&quot; high on that piece of bread. YMMV, of course- I am not attacking anyone for having a different perspective. Whereas your posts come across (at least to me) as an attack on Dausuul. What difference does it make to you how he likes to game? He's not in your group or something, is he? Because you sound awfully One-True-Wayist in your posts there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5390484, member: 1210"] No, he didn't. As you have acknowledged later. I presume after getting called on this and actually going back and reading his post. So why the attacks? Well, maybe YOU "have to do the larger amount of reading", but in my opinion, having to read more than a page to get into the game isn't necessarily the mark of a good campaign. It's very often the mark of an overly-wordy dm that may well want to write a book instead of run a game where the pcs have independence and the ability to effect the outcome of their choice. There's nothing wrong with having more written material- I'm totally okay with thousands of pages of campaign stuff- but if it's necessary to get into your game? Prolly not worth the effort. Learn to summarize the important stuff. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at a dm's "intro to my campaign" stuff and found it to be [i]nothing I need to know to make my character.[/i] Really- I don't care about the major exports of your various nations and city-states, nor do I need to know the names of the various rulers and their consorts. I don't need to know the history of the world in exacting detail, nor do I need a list of the various goliath settlements in the hinterlands. A few lines of "this is what makes this option different, cool or exciting" is all I need. The rest is all butter on the toast. If it's good, then great! But don't ask me to choke it down if the butter is piled 6" high on that piece of bread. YMMV, of course- I am not attacking anyone for having a different perspective. Whereas your posts come across (at least to me) as an attack on Dausuul. What difference does it make to you how he likes to game? He's not in your group or something, is he? Because you sound awfully One-True-Wayist in your posts there. [/QUOTE]

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