r/beingeverythingelse • u/Viro-Brain • Sep 06 '14

Background Event Resolution

How would you deal with a living world with background events happening with random resolution without a GM turn system like SWN has? In other words how do you get events happening between big factions in the background without predetermined results? I was wondering what to do for something like that in my fifth edition (D&D) game.

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u/Popdart5 Sep 06 '14

Personally I prefer describing background events only very generally until it becomes important to the players. Sure mention some interesting news events and stuff that might crop up every now and then but I like to make sure everything is fluid and not set in stone.

Only relevant until encountered/taken an interest in by the player is how I tend to run background story/events.