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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3541992" data-attributes="member: 18280">No, Hussar said &quot;world here doesn't necessarily mean planet, it could be larger or smaller depending&quot; which doesn't make it any different from, say, the village/dungeon/wilderness combo the PCs are currently wandering around in.His definitions are based on (1) scale and (2) utility, but IRL, it is very difficult to say that any DM actually meets his criteria on either point.&nbsp; When the (1) criteria is shown to be invalid, he admits it is so, and uses the (2) criteria.&nbsp; Hence &quot;world doesn't necessarily mean planet&quot;.&nbsp; But when the (2) criteria is shown to be invalid, he uses the (1) criteria.&nbsp; Hence &quot;It's CREATING A WORLD&quot;.Apart from that, there is actually a lot that is easy to agree with.&nbsp; Bad worldbuilding is bad.&nbsp; We might argue about whether or not example A, B, or C falls under the qualifier &quot;bad&quot; or not, but that deeper, more meaningful level of the discussion is constantly derailed by &quot;That's not worldbuilding; that's setting.&quot;RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3541992, member: 18280"] No, Hussar said "world here doesn't necessarily mean planet, it could be larger or smaller depending" which doesn't make it any different from, say, the village/dungeon/wilderness combo the PCs are currently wandering around in. His definitions are based on (1) scale and (2) utility, but IRL, it is very difficult to say that any DM actually meets his criteria on either point. When the (1) criteria is shown to be invalid, he admits it is so, and uses the (2) criteria. Hence "world doesn't necessarily mean planet". But when the (2) criteria is shown to be invalid, he uses the (1) criteria. Hence "It's CREATING A WORLD". Apart from that, there is actually a lot that is easy to agree with. Bad worldbuilding is bad. We might argue about whether or not example A, B, or C falls under the qualifier "bad" or not, but that deeper, more meaningful level of the discussion is constantly derailed by "That's not worldbuilding; that's setting." RC [/QUOTE]

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