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<blockquote data-quote="nightwalker450" data-source="post: 6008713" data-attributes="member: 94895">I ignore designer provided fluff. I'm only interested in their mechanics, because frankly we all have imaginations that can handle this. And we all know that once they provide fluff then you run into the complaints of the designers being too restrictive. With minimal fluff CaGI has many scenarios it can be used in. Once the fluff is added, suddenly my challenging taunts are called into question because the enemies are deaf, or don't speak my language. What I expect from a game designer is balanced mechanics to apply to situations. So I'd rather spend $25 for a book of solid mechanics than $100 of space that was wasted on the designer telling me how they imagine it. Their single sentence of fluff on the powers is plenty.Now if I get an adventure module, then I'm wanting to hear their story. For a monster manual I'd be interested in hearing about how the monster acts (not in terms of powers, but in general). I read pack mentality in their general monster details, and then the savagery power makes a lot of sense. What I don't expect is the designer to hold my hand and explain in small words every detail.-- On a side note, I think the idea of an &quot;Annotated&quot; Players Handbook would be an awesome idea for those that are more interested in detailed game design philosophy. That would be the place for the designer to explain how and why they did something a particular way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nightwalker450, post: 6008713, member: 94895"] I ignore designer provided fluff. I'm only interested in their mechanics, because frankly we all have imaginations that can handle this. And we all know that once they provide fluff then you run into the complaints of the designers being too restrictive. With minimal fluff CaGI has many scenarios it can be used in. Once the fluff is added, suddenly my challenging taunts are called into question because the enemies are deaf, or don't speak my language. What I expect from a game designer is balanced mechanics to apply to situations. So I'd rather spend $25 for a book of solid mechanics than $100 of space that was wasted on the designer telling me how they imagine it. Their single sentence of fluff on the powers is plenty. Now if I get an adventure module, then I'm wanting to hear their story. For a monster manual I'd be interested in hearing about how the monster acts (not in terms of powers, but in general). I read pack mentality in their general monster details, and then the savagery power makes a lot of sense. What I don't expect is the designer to hold my hand and explain in small words every detail. -- On a side note, I think the idea of an "Annotated" Players Handbook would be an awesome idea for those that are more interested in detailed game design philosophy. That would be the place for the designer to explain how and why they did something a particular way. [/QUOTE]

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