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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8239627" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>This sort of thing totally depends on what the group is trying to do. That isn't the level of realism I normally strive for. Like I said I establish what franchise I am in, and for what I normally run, wuxia, I don't need to bring in a real world physics book (I just want a consistent believable world and characters). But I have gamed with people who get into these sorts of things in great detail. Not pulling out a physics book, but having very high expectations when it comes to things like how trade operates in a particular culture and time (even if we are using an analogue). In those instances I have always been happy to do my research to help meet that expectation. I hate sailing. I hate water. I don't normally think about boats much. But I had a player who kept asking me all kinds of details about the ships whenever they traveled in my Rome campaign (he was very particular about cargo capacity as I recall), so I boned up on ancient ships (found a great history book on the subject and some articles) and started catering more to those kinds of expectations. Normally this is not a level of detail I'd be overly concerned with, but it mattered to this player and he didn't make a stink about it (he understood I didn't know much about ancient ship cargo capacities---but I think he appreciated me taking some time to bring the campaign up to speed in that respect). That said, if he were in my wuxia campaign, there is so much more to focus on in terms of tracking martial arts manuals, techniques, etc, I would probably have said 'we can just hand wave that kind of thing or arbitrarily select something.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8239627, member: 85555"] This sort of thing totally depends on what the group is trying to do. That isn't the level of realism I normally strive for. Like I said I establish what franchise I am in, and for what I normally run, wuxia, I don't need to bring in a real world physics book (I just want a consistent believable world and characters). But I have gamed with people who get into these sorts of things in great detail. Not pulling out a physics book, but having very high expectations when it comes to things like how trade operates in a particular culture and time (even if we are using an analogue). In those instances I have always been happy to do my research to help meet that expectation. I hate sailing. I hate water. I don't normally think about boats much. But I had a player who kept asking me all kinds of details about the ships whenever they traveled in my Rome campaign (he was very particular about cargo capacity as I recall), so I boned up on ancient ships (found a great history book on the subject and some articles) and started catering more to those kinds of expectations. Normally this is not a level of detail I'd be overly concerned with, but it mattered to this player and he didn't make a stink about it (he understood I didn't know much about ancient ship cargo capacities---but I think he appreciated me taking some time to bring the campaign up to speed in that respect). That said, if he were in my wuxia campaign, there is so much more to focus on in terms of tracking martial arts manuals, techniques, etc, I would probably have said 'we can just hand wave that kind of thing or arbitrarily select something. [/QUOTE]

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