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<blockquote data-quote="robertsconley" data-source="post: 9040287" data-attributes="member: 13383">This may be useful for those debating realism. It is a downloadable PDF from my website.The World Outside of the Dungeon[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.batintheattic.com/downloads/The%20World%20Outside%20of%20the%20Dungeon.pdf[/URL]The basic gist, is that they outline the process I use to bring my setting to life for the players to interact with. How I handle the fact that players in my campaign are free to do anything they can do as their characters. If one of my campaigns happens to turn into being about the character living the life of basket weavers along the banks of the Estuary of the Roglaroon then so be it.&nbsp; ALthough that hasn't yet, what has happen is major life decisions that resulted in the campaign being focused on something completely different than how it started. One campaign (using GURPS) started out with the players being a bunch of medieval mercenaries in the employ of a baron and ended with the group as independents building and operating a crossroad inn in a wilderness location. This is how I handle translating things that the player do as their characters when I use D&amp;D mechanics.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.batintheattic.com/downloads/When%20to%20make%20a%20Ruling.pdf[/URL]With GURPS I don't need something like the above because RAW it is detailed enough to handle 90% of what I have seen happen in my campaigns. Other systems like Fantasy AGE vary in what I have to do to make a specific call. I found throughout the decades that doing this enhances immersion in the campaign so that players have more fun as they can make plans and learn to gauge the odds of success in my settings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robertsconley, post: 9040287, member: 13383"] This may be useful for those debating realism. It is a downloadable PDF from my website. The World Outside of the Dungeon [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.batintheattic.com/downloads/The%20World%20Outside%20of%20the%20Dungeon.pdf[/URL] The basic gist, is that they outline the process I use to bring my setting to life for the players to interact with. How I handle the fact that players in my campaign are free to do anything they can do as their characters. If one of my campaigns happens to turn into being about the character living the life of basket weavers along the banks of the Estuary of the Roglaroon then so be it. ALthough that hasn't yet, what has happen is major life decisions that resulted in the campaign being focused on something completely different than how it started. One campaign (using GURPS) started out with the players being a bunch of medieval mercenaries in the employ of a baron and ended with the group as independents building and operating a crossroad inn in a wilderness location. This is how I handle translating things that the player do as their characters when I use D&D mechanics. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.batintheattic.com/downloads/When%20to%20make%20a%20Ruling.pdf[/URL] With GURPS I don't need something like the above because RAW it is detailed enough to handle 90% of what I have seen happen in my campaigns. Other systems like Fantasy AGE vary in what I have to do to make a specific call. I found throughout the decades that doing this enhances immersion in the campaign so that players have more fun as they can make plans and learn to gauge the odds of success in my settings. [/QUOTE]

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