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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7354447" data-attributes="member: 29398">I agree there's a difference but only in the pre-authored vs. non-pre-authored element; a difference that shouldn't even be observable by the players if the DM is good enough at her trade.Otherwise it's the same - the players exercise agency over the content of the shared fiction via their decisions as to where they-as-PCs will go in the game world and what they will do when they get there.Using a modern-based example: if the players decide their PCs are going to Spain then the shared fiction for the next while is going to be about Spain and what the PCs do there; where if instead they decide they're going to Nepal then the upcoming shared fiction is very likely going to take place in Nepal - a significantly different culture and atmosphere from Spain.&nbsp; If the DM had stuff prepared for Spain but the sudden turn to Nepal has caught her off guard she has to be able to deal with that and from the players' side make it appear as if it's every bit as prepared as Spain would have been, even though she's completely winging it.Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7354447, member: 29398"] I agree there's a difference but only in the pre-authored vs. non-pre-authored element; a difference that shouldn't even be observable by the players if the DM is good enough at her trade. Otherwise it's the same - the players exercise agency over the content of the shared fiction via their decisions as to where they-as-PCs will go in the game world and what they will do when they get there. Using a modern-based example: if the players decide their PCs are going to Spain then the shared fiction for the next while is going to be about Spain and what the PCs do there; where if instead they decide they're going to Nepal then the upcoming shared fiction is very likely going to take place in Nepal - a significantly different culture and atmosphere from Spain. If the DM had stuff prepared for Spain but the sudden turn to Nepal has caught her off guard she has to be able to deal with that and from the players' side make it appear as if it's every bit as prepared as Spain would have been, even though she's completely winging it. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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