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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesonCourage" data-source="post: 6102919" data-attributes="member: 6668292">First... okay? That doesn't really touch on what I was asking in any way that I can see. Can you help me out?Okay. This is heavily dependent on setting; the stakes are set by the fiction, which resides within the setting. Right?As a side note, most of your comments seem to be presenting what you like, and trying to argue why it's a valid style. First, I get that it's valid; no need to convince me. Second, in that vein, I'll tell you what I like about crossing the desert (but I'm not trying to convince you to do it): I want to see how important it is. Are we going to run out of food? That can be important / dramatic in fiction. Bandits might be; finding a town might be; finding someone who is stranded or needs help might be; finding a prisoner left to die might be; etc.I, personally, would like to go, because all of it can be interesting or fun, and I need to play it out to find out. And, you can deliberately set the stakes there, just as you can anywhere else. But, again, none of this really has any bearing on what I asked Hussar, that I can see. Is there something that answers to what I asked him, or is this basically a "here's my preference, and here's why it's valid" post? As always, play what you like <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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