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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fenris-77" data-source="post: 8002166" data-attributes="member: 6993955">No one's saying don't do all that background work. World building is fun, and there's nothing wrong with that. I'm not to going to speak for anyone else, but what I was saying is that specifically because I don't know what's going to needed I mostly don't do it, or at least not without specific reason. That's not to say I don't have a very rough framework, that part's easy. I just don't start hanging bulbs on the tree until it's almost Christmas. I prefer to spend my campaign design time on stuff I'm more certain I'm going to use. So what ever history I flesh out with be direct context for events in the present, to the extent that history informs those events and might be helpful to the characters. And even then, it's often just descriptors and doodles, maybe a mind map. I used to do more, but I got disheartened by the amount of work that went by the wayside when I was still having to adjust on the fly anyway. It wasn't adding anything to the campaign, and it was a lot of work.Maybe your players are different though, or maybe your campaign designs are different, who knows, that's why I'm explaining why I don't do it, and not why you shouldn't.  What I actually strive for is a player-facing facsimile of age and history, not the real thing. Set dressing rather than history in some ways I guess. If the glimpses of eons past that you include are evocative and unique, it's easier to fill in the details at need. That's my game anyway, YMMV.</blockquote>

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