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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8233647" data-attributes="member: 16814">Okay.&nbsp; You have the following:Premise:&nbsp;&nbsp; APs are good training tools for GMs.Assumption 1:&nbsp; This is because APs have many flaws and flat scenes.Assumption 2:&nbsp; These flaws are usually not visible until play is occurring.Conclusion:&nbsp; Ergo, APs are good training tools because they force the GM to react to poor design on the fly.I find this to be a flawed argument.&nbsp; Particularly, A2 is doesn't at all apply to me, as I fix things in prep and so don't often encounter the need to correct for bad AP design on the fly.&nbsp; When I create my own material, I incorporate this knowledge in my scenes as I go.&nbsp; So the argument that APs force GMs to fix things on the fly seems very weak, and that this is a learning tool is also weak because you keep skipping over the point that knowing when a scene is flat isn't taught by an AP, it's taught by experience that's gained just by gaming.&nbsp; If anything, APs hinder this realization because you have to overcome the assumption that APs are well-written or the intended way to play to begin with.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8233647, member: 16814"] Okay. You have the following: Premise: APs are good training tools for GMs. Assumption 1: This is because APs have many flaws and flat scenes. Assumption 2: These flaws are usually not visible until play is occurring. Conclusion: Ergo, APs are good training tools because they force the GM to react to poor design on the fly. I find this to be a flawed argument. Particularly, A2 is doesn't at all apply to me, as I fix things in prep and so don't often encounter the need to correct for bad AP design on the fly. When I create my own material, I incorporate this knowledge in my scenes as I go. So the argument that APs force GMs to fix things on the fly seems very weak, and that this is a learning tool is also weak because you keep skipping over the point that knowing when a scene is flat isn't taught by an AP, it's taught by experience that's gained just by gaming. If anything, APs hinder this realization because you have to overcome the assumption that APs are well-written or the intended way to play to begin with. [/QUOTE]

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