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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3544285" data-attributes="member: 18280">From post 919:Now, I could be wrong, but it seems to me that JustinA is claiming thatHussar insists that it is only world building if you create an entire world and

That this is impossible, and therefore a meaningless definition.To which Hussar responds thatYou don't have to have an entire world to be worldbuilding.We should note (and others have) thatwith as much detail and history as possibleis as impossible, leaving us with only&nbsp;following the six steps outlined aboveas Hussar's actual definition of world building.&nbsp; Ignoring that there are several methods of worldbuilding in every authority that Hussar has brought up, even if we follow that reasoning, the logical conclusion is that this definitiondoesn't make it any different from, say, the village/dungeon/wilderness combo the PCs are currently wandering around in. which is, not surprisingly, what I said.You then pointed out that when he said &quot;world here doesn't necessarily mean planet, it could be larger or smaller depending&quot; that he could have meant, for example, a demiplane.&nbsp; I pointed out that this was inconsistent with his examples of worlbuilding, which included a city and a hill.This is not to say that a city or a hill are &quot;an entire world&quot; because the initial context is that you do not need to create an entire world to be worldbuilding.Regardless of what you think.Clear?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3544285, member: 18280"] From post 919: Now, I could be wrong, but it seems to me that JustinA is claiming that [INDENT][COLOR=DarkRed]Hussar insists that it is only world building if you create an entire world[/COLOR] and [COLOR=DarkRed]That this is impossible, and therefore a meaningless definition.[/COLOR][/INDENT] To which Hussar responds that [INDENT][COLOR=DarkRed]You don't have to have an entire world to be worldbuilding.[/COLOR][/INDENT] We should note (and others have) that [INDENT][COLOR=DarkRed]with as much detail and history as possible[/COLOR][/INDENT] is as impossible, leaving us with only [INDENT][COLOR=DarkRed]following the six steps outlined above[/COLOR][/INDENT] as Hussar's actual definition of world building. Ignoring that there are several methods of worldbuilding in every authority that Hussar has brought up, even if we follow that reasoning, the logical conclusion is that this definition [INDENT][COLOR=DarkRed]doesn't make it any different from, say, the village/dungeon/wilderness combo the PCs are currently wandering around in. [/COLOR] [/INDENT] which is, not surprisingly, what I said. You then pointed out that when he said "world here doesn't necessarily mean planet, it could be larger or smaller depending" that he could have meant, for example, a demiplane. I pointed out that this was inconsistent with his examples of worlbuilding, which included a city and a hill. This is not to say that a city or a hill are "an entire world" because the initial context is that you do not need to create an entire world to be worldbuilding. Regardless of what you think. Clear? [/QUOTE]

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