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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8342661" data-attributes="member: 6790260">As I mentioned far upthread, some of this may lead to problems though, if you really are (in some sense) &quot;making the world exist&quot; only in the moment it's called for. A player felt there was no tension, no weight to choosing, if they were choosing Currently Faceless Void #1 vs Currently Faceless Void #2, when I would roll and whatever I would roll would end up being in whichever thing they chose.More or less, he wanted to see a world that was randomly-generated, but randomly-pre-generated. One where choosing to go left didn't (OOC) manifest the Glassworks to the left, but rather, where the Glassworks already was to the left. Where choosing to go right might mean missing the Glassworks entirely, should the players fail to return to check the left direction too. I haven't done any &quot;roll to explore the location&quot; content since then, but if I do, I'll be factoring in this feedback. (Likely, I'd pre-generate as many rooms as I thought could be reasonably hit within one session, and only generate new rooms if required--a balance between addressing that perceived absence of tension and not mapping out a huge space that might go unobserved.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8342661, member: 6790260"] As I mentioned far upthread, some of this may lead to problems though, if you really are (in some sense) "making the world exist" only in the moment it's called for. A player felt there was no tension, no [I]weight[/I] to choosing, if they were choosing Currently Faceless Void #1 vs Currently Faceless Void #2, when I would roll and [I]whatever[/I] I would roll would end up being in whichever thing they chose. More or less, he wanted to see a world that [I]was[/I] randomly-generated, but randomly-[I]pre[/I]-generated. One where choosing to go left didn't (OOC) [I]manifest[/I] the Glassworks to the left, but rather, where the Glassworks [I]already was[/I] to the left. Where choosing to go right might mean missing the Glassworks entirely, should the players fail to return to check the left direction too. I haven't done any "roll to explore the location" content since then, but if I do, I'll be factoring in this feedback. (Likely, I'd pre-generate as many rooms as I thought could be reasonably hit within one session, and only generate new rooms if required--a balance between addressing that perceived absence of tension and not mapping out a huge space that might go unobserved.) [/QUOTE]

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