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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8238737" data-attributes="member: 85555">You are right and it is further complicated by the fact that I sometimes run games differently depending on the genre. If I am running a game in what I call &quot;Chang Cheh mode&quot; I am much more inclined to create a secret door on the fly, throw in a bunch of hooded assassins hiding in the wardrobe and under the bed, etc. If I am running in &quot;King Hu mode&quot;, things are much more grounded and believable. I usually do try to convey to players what 'franchise' they are in before play so they understand not just the genre but the genre logic I may be using. I will say though on the secret door, my point was not so much about the above, as it was about even if I am running a more grounded game, if the players go into a chamber and I look at the map and see no secret door, but realize that this was actually a mistake (for example it is just painfully obvious to me that the owner of said chamber would have had the time, desire, and tactical need for such a door: I don't mind going against what is on the page). But in my mind this is in service to the reality of the world. That said, if I am running it in Chang Cheh mode, the physical reality of the world is less paramount than the emotional reality of the underworld they are all inhabiting. Also there is a gray area here: the players go inside a residence you didn't plan in advance and you need to decide in that moment if a secret door exists</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8238737, member: 85555"] You are right and it is further complicated by the fact that I sometimes run games differently depending on the genre. If I am running a game in what I call "Chang Cheh mode" I am much more inclined to create a secret door on the fly, throw in a bunch of hooded assassins hiding in the wardrobe and under the bed, etc. If I am running in "King Hu mode", things are much more grounded and believable. I usually do try to convey to players what 'franchise' they are in before play so they understand not just the genre but the genre logic I may be using. I will say though on the secret door, my point was not so much about the above, as it was about even if I am running a more grounded game, if the players go into a chamber and I look at the map and see no secret door, but realize that this was actually a mistake (for example it is just painfully obvious to me that the owner of said chamber would have had the time, desire, and tactical need for such a door: I don't mind going against what is on the page). But in my mind this is in service to the reality of the world. That said, if I am running it in Chang Cheh mode, the physical reality of the world is less paramount than the emotional reality of the underworld they are all inhabiting. Also there is a gray area here: the players go inside a residence you didn't plan in advance and you need to decide in that moment if a secret door exists [/QUOTE]

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