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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 5111023" data-attributes="member: 18253">You seem to have been following my posts; there have been repeated references to a continuum. When discussing such a continuum it is of course useful at times to speak in reference to the extremes.  Wow. It seems to me perfect sense to me. Let me try saying it another way. The referee has a range of options regarding how much he or she intervenes in the "story" from little to none to completely referee driven to all points in between. The referee should feel free to select a point on that continuum suitable to his or her needs, those needs being a combination of the referee's vision for the campaign, the players, and other related factors. Any point on that continuum is viable (except perhaps for the absurd extremes). Going sandbox heavy or ref-driven heavy is no more virtuous than one spot over another. Perhaps, here's the point of confusion. By virtuous I don't mean better or worse for that particular situation, I mean better or worse in an absolute sense of being a better referee or worse referee, or having a better or worse group of players because one felt a need to go more ref driven. When you make comments like:  It sure sounds like you are implying that there is less virtue in a style of play where the referee finds it necessary to intervene more in the story. Perhaps I misread your intent.</blockquote>