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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5654077" data-attributes="member: 22779">So, essentially, we have either sandbox or railroad?&nbsp; I've never really bought that comparison.&nbsp; For one, it's ridiculously easy to railroad in a sandbox, but, for another, saying that events that occur outside of the player's current view is setting is a really strange definition of &quot;setting&quot;.Orcs are raiding a caravan.&nbsp; The call goes out for heroes.&nbsp; Setting or Story?While the PC's are doing something else, Baron Von Badass goes into their home and steals their Lucky Charms.&nbsp; Setting or Story?A demon prince hatches a plan which will result in massive destruction across Greyhawk.&nbsp; Setting or Story?I try to use setting in the meaning the word typically has - the location where the PC's exist.&nbsp; It's like a geography or social studies class.&nbsp; Sure, there might be some historical context there, there has to be, but, that's generally not going to have any immediate impact.&nbsp; Anything that has any sort of impact on the PC's is story or plot.&nbsp; Plot or story answers why the PC's are adventuring.&nbsp; And anything to do with that why is part and parcel to story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5654077, member: 22779"] So, essentially, we have either sandbox or railroad? I've never really bought that comparison. For one, it's ridiculously easy to railroad in a sandbox, but, for another, saying that events that occur outside of the player's current view is setting is a really strange definition of "setting". Orcs are raiding a caravan. The call goes out for heroes. Setting or Story? While the PC's are doing something else, Baron Von Badass goes into their home and steals their Lucky Charms. Setting or Story? A demon prince hatches a plan which will result in massive destruction across Greyhawk. Setting or Story? I try to use setting in the meaning the word typically has - the location where the PC's exist. It's like a geography or social studies class. Sure, there might be some historical context there, there has to be, but, that's generally not going to have any immediate impact. Anything that has any sort of impact on the PC's is story or plot. Plot or story answers why the PC's are adventuring. And anything to do with that why is part and parcel to story. [/QUOTE]

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