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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5109670" data-attributes="member: 80487">No, I do not "really" (??) have a campaign in which I don't have to invent new locations when the PCs go there. I don't write down a description of every garage, garden and garderobe in a city, for instance.So, yes, the players' plan focuses my preparation for a session. It's generally not a matter of creating Erelhei-Cinlu from formless void, though. The PCs are unlikely to have a motivation for going Nowhere, even if it were to be found."In as much as those adventure settings were chosen by the PCs because the PCs think it will provide a means to fulfill their goals ..." there must be some "there" there already. "Provided my PCs are acting on good information ..." there is information, and something about which it is good.In the real world, if someone chooses to go to San Francisco for a reason, what does that mean? One can make it mean something by design significantly different in a game, and that's a pretty popular way to go, with lots of examples. Making it mean something more similar is not especially tricky, because we have real life with lots of examples.</blockquote>