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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corinnguard" data-source="post: 9883552" data-attributes="member: 7033886">True. The author wants you to know that the world within their series is like our own in RL, but at the same time they also want you to do a Perception and an Investigation check just to notice that something seems different about it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> At the same time, you are 'filling in the blanks'. If the author mentions a car, you automatically assume that it looks something like your car. Four wheels, manual or automatic transmission, etc. Then the author surprises you by having the character pop the hood of their car up to reveal the magictech.As for places, if you have lived somewhere for years, the buildings tend to blur into the background. You don't give them much thought. They are just there. But as soon as you bring in an out-of-towner into your city or town, they make you notice things that you didn't notice before. In any story, you are that out-of-towner. The characters in that story are your tour guide or guides. They are introducing their world to you and making you do that Perception check to notice the differences. Their Chicago or London might look very much like our own. Or they just might have share the same names as the ones in our RL. But you won't know till you make that Perception check.</blockquote>

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