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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 242963" data-attributes="member: 3230">Re: Re: Re: Re: realistic vs. cliche culturesThat's a good point. If things are too different from what the players expect, their characters won't "fit in" unless they really want to know how things are set up in your world. Often, though, players don't want to learn a whole complicated game world. They don't care why the fact that the third Duke of Kradile is acting as regent instead of the crown prince's uncle. Nor do they care the Verlila is actually a Theocracy instead of a Monarchy. They want to find the dungeon and kill something. As long as they can buy & sell stuff in town and get healed up, they couldn't care less about who's running the place. As a DM, your job is to make things fun for you AND your players. It can break a DM's heart to painstakingly design a completely consistent game world with just the right power level and feel/tone just to have a party of min/maxers blast through the flavor and details like so much tissue paper looking for the next combat. Sometimes the best way to work it is to have a little something for everyone.In the setting I am currently developing,  there is a whole history and political/economic setup between 3-4 population centers. Inside town, there are NPCs with their own agendas, power struggles, economic and legal issues, etc. The players can choose to get involved or ignore these as they wish. Some of them may eventually come to have a real effect on the party if they don't pay attention, but again, it's their choice.Outside of town is nearly raw wilderness. There are savage humanoid tribes, magical beasts, haunted ruins, lost cities, etc. All the good dungeon crawl stuff. The powergamers will have a great time killing monsters and looting ruins while the roleplayers will get a kick out the happenings in town. What the players have to do is give each other a chance to enjoy themselves. If the powergamers let the RP-ers have a few minutes to play out talking to the mayor in town, then once they group hits the road, there will be chances for combat and loot.</blockquote>

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