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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5186616" data-attributes="member: 22779">I've heard the term &quot;Agressive Scene Framing&quot; thrown around on occassion.&nbsp; I think that might describe things better than &quot;hard&quot;.&nbsp; Celebrim is right in that pretty much any &quot;encounter&quot; (by pretty much any definition of the term) is a framed scene.&nbsp; You have an initial set up, and the scenario begins.&nbsp; Agressive Scene Framing allows the GM to simply dictate most or all of the initial elements of the scenario.&nbsp; Imagine a dungeon crawl, but, instead of searching doors and corridors for traps, every bit between each encounter was simply narrated by the GM.&nbsp; That would be agressive scene framing. It can work in certain kinds of campaigns.&nbsp; The one I'm doing now relies pretty heavily on agressive scene framing - the PC's are members of a very powerful organization that sends them on very specific missions - their first one was to find and observe an individual in a city and then ensure that that individual safely traveled from that city to another city.Now, the individual in question turned out to be a terrorist, murdered dozens of people and the PC's wound up fighting the authorities in order to prevent her capture.&nbsp; But, the initial set up was pretty much entirely framed by me.&nbsp; The equipment they had, and most of the details were mine as the GM.The advantage of this is speed.&nbsp; The scenario rockets on roller skates.&nbsp; There's no down time at all.&nbsp; The disadvantage is that it strips away a LOT of player power.&nbsp; Certainly not something I'm going to do every scenario in this campaign.&nbsp; In fact, looking at it, this will likely be the only time.&nbsp; But, it can work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5186616, member: 22779"] I've heard the term "Agressive Scene Framing" thrown around on occassion. I think that might describe things better than "hard". Celebrim is right in that pretty much any "encounter" (by pretty much any definition of the term) is a framed scene. You have an initial set up, and the scenario begins. Agressive Scene Framing allows the GM to simply dictate most or all of the initial elements of the scenario. Imagine a dungeon crawl, but, instead of searching doors and corridors for traps, every bit between each encounter was simply narrated by the GM. That would be agressive scene framing. It can work in certain kinds of campaigns. The one I'm doing now relies pretty heavily on agressive scene framing - the PC's are members of a very powerful organization that sends them on very specific missions - their first one was to find and observe an individual in a city and then ensure that that individual safely traveled from that city to another city. Now, the individual in question turned out to be a terrorist, murdered dozens of people and the PC's wound up fighting the authorities in order to prevent her capture. But, the initial set up was pretty much entirely framed by me. The equipment they had, and most of the details were mine as the GM. The advantage of this is speed. The scenario rockets on roller skates. There's no down time at all. The disadvantage is that it strips away a LOT of player power. Certainly not something I'm going to do every scenario in this campaign. In fact, looking at it, this will likely be the only time. But, it can work. [/QUOTE]

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