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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2043702" data-attributes="member: 99">I won't really speak to the issue of "story oriented published materials" (though the paucity of such materials may relate to what I write below) but I have a theory about why there are fewer threads about such things on the boards here.Basically "crunch" as it applies to the RAW concerns everybody who plays the game.  Even if you disregard some of the rules you usually have considered them and would probably be somewhat inclined to post in a thread about them, if only to say, "We chucked those rules."  If there is a crunch oriented thread about rules that you like or have worked well for you then you might be inclined to post in a thread about those too.  If you're like me then you are particularly inclined to post in a thread (or originate one) about areas of the rules that you don't fully understand.  My point is that crunch threads appeal on some level to a large portion of the population here at ENWorld."Fluff" or Story threads appeal only to the portion of the population here that have an interest or opinion on the particular focus of a given story idea.  If you post a thread about getting ideas for adventure hooks for the city of Sharn in Eberron then you won't get all that many replies because lots of people aren't focused on Sharn in their Eberron campaigns and many others aren't using Eberron at all.I think you'll also notice that the Views to Posts ratio of Story threads is rather high.  Lots of people may look at the thread to see if the Story idea interest them.  For some it won't interest them.  For some it will be interesting but they won't feel a need to comment.  For a very few they will be interested and feel that they have something to add.As a result I think that most Story threads here in General tend to fall off the front page fairly quickly and this is no big secret to those that post them or those that post in them.  Over time I think that many folks will tend to take the position that it may not be all that worth it to try and post Story threads here.  That's the position I'm starting to come around to.Obviously there will be exceptions to this rule but I think it holds fairly true most of the time.</blockquote>

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