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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 345973" data-attributes="member: 1106">Alright, what if you were given all this in a paragraph or two, rather than 200+ pages of macro level stuff?&nbsp; E.g. &quot;To the east, there is a town ruled by the evil noble Sir Drobbengard.&quot;By necessity, such a setting would have to be fairly generic at the big picture level.&nbsp; For example, Sir Drobbengard might be an evil noble, but to what throne and what plots he's up to, might be left unspecified.&nbsp; His personality and dealings within the town that he's detailed in would be specified though, such as his cruelty towards his servants.The scope of what is detailed is reversed from the norm.&nbsp; In a normal, macro level detailed setting, you'd find out that Sir Drobbengard is plotting to overthrow the throne, but you don't have any stats for him, encounters for his town and manor, or the fencing school he instructs at.&nbsp; You'd have to fill in all that yourself.Th difference is that the DM is filling in the big picture of what Sir Drobbengard is up to, not the small detail work.&nbsp; Yes, the setting might have a generic feel on the macro level, but perhaps that would be made up for by a richness of detail on a low level - the level that the PCs actually encounter, and walk through.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 345973, member: 1106"] Alright, what if you were given all this in a paragraph or two, rather than 200+ pages of macro level stuff? E.g. "To the east, there is a town ruled by the evil noble Sir Drobbengard." By necessity, such a setting would have to be fairly generic at the big picture level. For example, Sir Drobbengard might be an evil noble, but to what throne and what plots he's up to, might be left unspecified. His personality and dealings within the town that he's detailed in would be specified though, such as his cruelty towards his servants. The scope of what is detailed is reversed from the norm. In a normal, macro level detailed setting, you'd find out that Sir Drobbengard is plotting to overthrow the throne, but you don't have any stats for him, encounters for his town and manor, or the fencing school he instructs at. You'd have to fill in all that yourself. Th difference is that the DM is filling in the big picture of what Sir Drobbengard is up to, not the small detail work. Yes, the setting might have a generic feel on the macro level, but perhaps that would be made up for by a richness of detail on a low level - the level that the PCs actually encounter, and walk through. [/QUOTE]

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