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Message: <blockquote data-quote="robconley" data-source="post: 8245524" data-attributes="member: 5636"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">By summarizing the setting tersely.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outlining some of the possibilities.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have a discussion with each player individually and as a group over what they would like play. Or more accurately what they would like to pretend to be or pretend to be doing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Guide them towards choices that result in a group that would stick together.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When it settled write up a half page or a page of what the character knows generally. And another half page or page of what they know specifically.</li> </ul>Yeah that "living world" kind of vague.While a setting has locales what brings it to life are its characters. And what brings a character to life is their personalities, goals, and motivations. All factors that go into how a referee or player roleplays a character. This is not the same as 'acting' or 'immersion'. It about the decision making process that goes into deciding what a character does in a particular situation. It can be fiat, or randomized. The result of the situation could be "acting", it code be acting as oneself with the abilities of the character, it could be third person. But it starts with understanding why a character would do certain things in certain decision. If the answer is clear cut then roleplay it out. If it not than toss some dice and roleplay the result.Sure but there need a foundation. My goal is to lay out a pen & paper virtual reality. Create a setting, create some locales, create some character, create their personalities, and goals. Then summarize that up and ask "Does sound like an interesting place and time you want to visit and have adventures in?"My goal is not to create a narrative or some type of movie or tv experience. At best I will make one feel like they visited and living in a fictional setting like Middle Earth, Babylon 5, or life aboard a Starfleet starship. But but 99 times out of 100 I won't be putting you in the shoes of Aragon, Captain Sheridan, or Capitan Kirk. Either it will be your own character or you with the abilities of a character within that setting (not every hobbyist likes to be an actor).If you have a related goal for running a campaign that similar to mine then I have some advice that may help. If not, well only some of what I write about will be relevant.</blockquote>

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