tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post5610150510821829942..comments2024-03-25T03:52:40.426-07:00Comments on The Ongoing Campaign: Self-Consistent Fantasyfaoladhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-48414121758956487012012-09-27T00:45:50.131-07:002012-09-27T00:45:50.131-07:00No, I'm with you. The Referee needs to have an...No, I'm with you. The Referee needs to have an understanding of the "physics" of the setting, in order to make rulings that are consistent. It's possible, of course, to make rulings on the fly and let that "physics" emerge from the various rulings, but most people aren't capable of maintaining a consistency of such a thing over time without a set of starting assumptions.<br /><br />I don't mean, by the way, that such a game world "physics" needs to replicate real-world physics, either. A game world might include various baroque forces and substances (such as Aether or Phlogiston) that don't necessarily obtain in the world we experience daily.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-17231296567214935672012-09-27T00:41:09.175-07:002012-09-27T00:41:09.175-07:00Yep. That's the case for any fiction, in fact....Yep. That's the case for any fiction, in fact.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-45436832856367997932012-09-26T11:40:20.205-07:002012-09-26T11:40:20.205-07:00I agree that self-consistency is more important th...I agree that self-consistency is more important than driving simulations of reality. I also like to understand the "basis" behind the magic/tech in my campaigns, like if it is elemental based, or what is "mana", or what's the basis for "warp drive", that sort of thing - mostly because it helps me ad hoc things in a consistent fashion when I have these underlying principle to rely on.<br /><br />But maybe I'm just a goober.Mr. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027893907355004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-84389641868323403952012-09-26T06:55:55.768-07:002012-09-26T06:55:55.768-07:00I concur.
In a ‘fantasy’ setting, we are not mode...I concur.<br /><br />In a ‘fantasy’ setting, we are not modeling reality; we are modeling a hypothetical environment with assumptions in direct contrast to reality. Preferably, as you indicate, the result should be internally consistent. Such a setting has the potential of being ‘immersive’ for the participants – a construct of ‘consensus verisimilitude’ so to speak.<br />perdustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842738630442736894noreply@blogger.com