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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5654122" data-attributes="member: 22779">Why did the rockslide occur?  Random encounter?  Trap?  Something to knock off a couple of hit points before a larger encounter?It would be extremely rare for that event to have occured in a complete vacuum.     That's a bit glib.  The PC's are in location X resolving Y because of the setting?  Because the players decided that Y will need resolving without any input from the DM?  Of course plot is tied to the setting.  That's the definition of setting after all - the location where the plots occur.  Change the setting, change the plot.  I am arguing against Greg K's point that all of these elements are wrapped up in setting and plot only occurs after the PC's are involved.</blockquote>