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<blockquote data-quote="jmartkdr2" data-source="post: 8227559" data-attributes="member: 7017304">Masks: A New Generation, although running it by the book this shouldn't be an issue this was a convention game so explaining the setting for more than a sentence or two would be too long. And I've had the issue crop up in games like DnD and Werewolf: the Apocalypse a couple times.As to your second point: that's broadly true, but sometimes things need to happen because it makes sense for the setting even if it doesn't have anything to do with the characters' motivations. Many episodes will be about people other than the main cast in most long running shows, for example, and the shows/games that do focus purely on character motivations often feel overly dramatic or narrowly focused. If it isn't handled with finesse - that is:, if you don't balance the needs of verisimilitude with the desire to keep the characters in focus.Assuming, of course, your desired balance is anywhere near pc-centric.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmartkdr2, post: 8227559, member: 7017304"] Masks: A New Generation, although running it by the book this shouldn't be an issue this was a convention game so explaining the setting for more than a sentence or two would be too long. And I've had the issue crop up in games like DnD and Werewolf: the Apocalypse a couple times. As to your second point: that's broadly true, but sometimes things need to happen because it makes sense for the setting even if it doesn't have anything to do with the characters' motivations. Many episodes will be about people other than the main cast in most long running shows, for example, and the shows/games that do focus purely on character motivations often feel overly dramatic or narrowly focused. If it isn't handled with finesse - that is:, if you don't balance the needs of verisimilitude with the desire to keep the characters in focus. Assuming, of course, your desired balance is anywhere near pc-centric. [/QUOTE]

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