thread: 2005-07-05 : Setting and Source Material
On 2005-07-05, xenopulse wrote:
There might be some differentiation of some sort of agenda at order here.My guess why some people don't get along with PtA is that they have trouble being spontaneous. It can be creative trouble—i.e., they can't come up with something on the spot—or resistance from a "that's not the way to do things right" perspective.
Now, you're talking about spontaneously creating setting. That's great, it's exactly my cup of tea; I've GMed for 13 years and mostly done it spontaneously. But the group I currently play with would not necessarily fit in there. Two of them think that setting needs to be detailed before play, so that it can be as internally consistent as possible. They like to use real-world research books about history, economy, geography, astronomy, etc., to make sure they're getting it "right." They are extremely uncomfortable with making things up on the spot.
I don't think this fits neatly with CA and TA, but there is something to be found here about people's notions on how the creative process should go and what its goal is.
- Christian
